tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post5586000064688892113..comments2024-03-05T06:22:55.364-08:00Comments on Library History Buff Blog: Unidentified Early Women Library WorkersLarry T. Nixhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-8412262696291525592012-07-24T15:02:43.856-07:002012-07-24T15:02:43.856-07:00Eva,
Thanks very much for pursuing this and identi...Eva,<br />Thanks very much for pursuing this and identifying the women in the photo on the postcard. Because of the elaborate stacks, I jumped to the wrong conclusion that it was an academic library. The postcard has a post office postmark dated July 12, 1907 so the photo on the postcard had to be taken before that date. Thanks again. LarryLarry T. Nixhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10859160864287059311noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-15530369473757168702012-07-23T09:45:28.066-07:002012-07-23T09:45:28.066-07:00From reading Library Board minutes, it appears tha...From reading Library Board minutes, it appears that the 1907 and 1908 date assigned to the photograph is probably wrong. The minutes for March 16, 1909 (page 418) include a request from James Shaw about the recently acquired German language collection, and the need to print a catalogue of titles. In the picture, there is a sign on the right advertising such catalogs for sale, so the true date of the photograph would be at some point later than March 1909.Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-46193525166117985462012-07-23T07:51:12.604-07:002012-07-23T07:51:12.604-07:00Auror Public Library in IL has confirmed that thi...Auror Public Library in IL has confirmed that this photo is of our Main Library circulation desk. We have the photo in our archives. It was taken in 1908 and the names listed on the back are, left to right: Alice Belleau, Gladys V. Hull, Minnie J. Pooley, Matie K. Quinn, Lillian C. Miles, Kate E. Marshall, and H. Belva Hull.Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-51468820637504498232012-07-12T06:36:22.603-07:002012-07-12T06:36:22.603-07:00We are pretty sure this is the Aurora Public Libra...We are pretty sure this is the Aurora Public Library (Illinois) main floor circulation desk and mezzanine area - still in use today! Checking our archives to see if the ladies can be identified.Evanoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-76979046647423180242012-07-11T18:33:34.668-07:002012-07-11T18:33:34.668-07:00Hmm... here's a photo of what looks like the A...Hmm... here's a photo of what looks like the <a href="http://www.library.illinois.edu/archives/archon/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=1635" rel="nofollow">Altgeld circ desk, circa 1900.</a> <br /><br />This looks more curved than the one in this picture (and I don't see the stacks in the background). <br /><br />It's a little hard to see the faces in this low rez image, so can't tell if that's early faculty or not.Richardhttp://inherentvice.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-63740278375724220822012-07-11T13:12:18.901-07:002012-07-11T13:12:18.901-07:00Per a facebook recommendation from Mark, I'm b...Per a facebook recommendation from Mark, I'm bringing my observation here. I spent most of my undergraduate in Altgeld Hall at the University of Illinois. This looks suspiciously like the Math Library's main circulation area. I haven't set foot in the building since 1998, so this could be horribly inaccurate.Jonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1196388063768443379.post-523360869385256292012-07-11T06:03:26.616-07:002012-07-11T06:03:26.616-07:00Do you have a higher resolution image? That would ...Do you have a higher resolution image? That would certainly help. That said, I am fairly certain that the second image is indeed the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. That area has certainly changed since then but it looks like the Main Circ desk in front of the stacks before thy were pushed back some and greatly expanded a few different times..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com