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Barnabys Box FilesAn employee of Barnabys Picture Library shows a visitor his way around the collection. The prints are kept in boxes on shelves, which you can see here. Date: 1960s
Ancient Arab LibraryArab scholars at work in a library; probably in Istanbul Date: circa 16th century
Manchester Free LibraryExterior view of the Manchester Free Library Date: 1851
Bibliotheque NationaleBIBLIOTHEQUE NATIONALE, Paris Behind the scenes - the magasin central where the books are stacked : there are more books in the basement. Date: 1893
Free Public LibraryVarious scenes from a typical Saturday night in a free public library Date: 1882
Scarborough LibraryThe public lending library at Scarborough. Date: 1813
Working in BodleianSomeone at work at a table of the Bodleian Library, Oxford. Date: 1842
Library of H. G. WellsArchitect Frank Wells, son of the famous author H.G. Wells, reading in the library of his fathers home at Chiltern Court, London. Burmese figures support the book shelves. Date: 1930s
Perambulate library 1857A Gentleman travelling from village to village, wheeling a large box containing a supply of books to rural people. Once they had received their books he would take the next set that they had used to
Gottingen University Library, GermanyThe University Library, Gottingen, Germany Date: early 18th century
The University Library, Leyden, Netherlands Date: early 18th century
Battersea Mobile LibraryThe interior of Battersea mobile library in the 1950s with various keen bookworms browsing the shelves and having their chosen books stamped by the librarian. Date: 1950s
Kent Mobile LibraryA mobile library van making a stop in an unidentified Kentish village, late 1940s-early 1950s. Date: c.1950
Stoke Newington Public Library borrowers card, valid for one year, from September 1900 to September 1901, made out to Edward H Marsh, Paradise House School. Date: 1900
Preserving Mr Panmure by Arthur Wing PineroPromotional postcard for Preserving Mr Panmure by Arthur Wing Pinero, an Edwardian tale of sexual politics. First produced Comedy Theatre, 19th January 1911
Library interior, 1790sDecorative interior of a library, 1790s Date: C.1790s
UCLA - University of California Los Angeles, USABiology and Physics Library (now Kinsey Hall), University of California Los Angeles (UCLA), Westwood, California, USA. Seen here while still under construction. circa 1929
Public Library building, Buffalo, New York State, USA. Date: circa 1904-1908
Library of the House of Domitian on the Palatine, ItalyThis image portrays the library ruins of the palace Domus Flavia. Built on the Palatine Hill in the year 81 B.C. by the order of the Emporer Domitian
Initials from illuminated manuscripts of the early 15th century.. From libraries in Paris, Heidelberg and Munich. Chromolithograph from Hefner-Altenecks Costumes
The library at Louvain ruined during WW1The library at Louvain in Belgium, as it was with a smaller, inset photograph, showing how it looked after German bombardment In 1914
BESTEIRO, Juliᮠ(1870-1940). Spanish socialistBESTEIRO, Juliᮠ (1870-1940). Spanish socialist politician, member of Spanish Socialist Workers Party (PSOE) and Workers General Union (UGT)
JUAN DE BORBON Y DE BATTENBERG (1913-1993). Count of Barcelona. Father of King Juan Carlos I. Don Juan in his office in Estoril (Portugal)
Carnegie Library, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, PA, USACarnegie Library, Schenley Park, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA. Date: circa 1905
Popular Songs of the AEF (American Expeditionary Force)Popular Songs of the A.E.F. (American Expeditionary Force). Compiled by Bureau of Libraries and Periodical, A.E.F. Y.M.C.A. Published by the Y.M.C.A. Paris, 1918
Display of the Arts and Sciences - ExperimentsA general display of the Arts and Sciences. Frontipiece plate, showing a wide variety of scientific experiments and demonstrations taking place
Regent Street and the Regent Street Library. London Date: C. 1905
Home Library BookcaseA young woman chooses a book from her home library bookcase. Date: early 1930s
The public libraries of Massachusetts. Print shows a map of Massachusetts with many towns and cities represented by an illustration of the public library in the respective community; includes a large
W. H. Smith LibraryW. H. Smith and Sons Library ticket Date: 1941
Bernadotte Library
Trinity College Library, Cambridge, designed and built by Sir Christopher Wren. Date: 1960s
Welsh National LibraryThis striking building is the National Library of Wales, at Aberystwyth, Cardiganshire, Wales. Date: 1960s
Bebington LibraryInterior view of the then new modern library at Bebington, Merseyside, England. Date: early 1970s
Fitting Shop SignWorkmen fitting the new facia shop board sign for Barnabys Picture Library Rathbone Street, central London. Date: 1991
Flushing, New YorkPublic Library, Flushing, New York
The Mudies of MelbourneMr Samuel Mullens circulating library, Collins Street, East; based on the plan of that in New Oxford Street in London, the source of so much inexpensive intellectual pleasure founded by Mr C. E
Secret Library DoorwayA young Edwardian boy discovers a secret doorway in the library, concealed behind the false panel of a bookcase
Hornby Library, LiverpoolInterior view of the Hornby Library, Liverpool
Manchester Free Lib OpenThe ceremonial opening of the Manchester Free Library
Bodleian Library OxfordInterior view of the Bodleian, Oxford
Bodleian Library 1903Interior view of the Bodleian Library, Oxford
Sheffield Univ. LibraryStudents studying books in the University Library, Sheffield
Palatine Library, RomeInterior of the Palatine Library, Rome
Circulating LibraryA customer is offered a book by the librarian
Birmingham Centran LibyThe opening ceremony of the Birmingham Central Free Library
Peoples Palace LibraryThe newly opened library of the Peoples Palace in the Mile End Road, London
BOOK BURNING / 10. 5. 1933Disruptive books from private and public libraries were burned in front of the University of Berlin. This incident provoked a wave of disgust throughout the world