Images

We update our gallery periodically with images from our contributors, conference events, as well as historic library photos. Special thanks to the American Library Association Archives, who have allowed us to feature images from their rich digital collections in the gallery and throughout our blog. Do you have historical images of your library? We’d love to share them! Please consider submitting them to lhrtnewsandnotes@gmail.com

  • Group of about 9 LHRT members having dinner in a restaurant
    We invite you to join our conversations about the history of libraries! LHRT Dinner Photo (American Library Association 2019).
  • a b-and-w picture of Eliza Atkins Gleason
    Eliza Atkins Gleason. (Credit: University of Louisville Photo Archives) Read the story of this courageous library pioneer in our “Biographies” column…
  • A yellowish pamphlet showing the interior of a library with chairs and books, and calligraphic ALA 1876 written under the image
    Card from the first American Library Association conference in 1876, depicting the interior of a library. Image and caption from the American Library Association Archives https://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=640
  • a car in front of a public library. Back of car is black-and-white and labeled "1943". A Front half is color and labeled "2018"
    Teen winner of the Mount Prospect Public Library’s card design contest, as part of the library’s 75th Anniversary Celebration. Shows the library in 1943 and 2018.
  • A crowd of people at rows of tables with laptops. Two large screens in fron of the audience. A panelp of people at the front of the room.
    American Library Association’s resolution, presented on the Council floor in 2018, apologizing for segregated libraries. Thanks to Andrew B. Wertheimer for the photos of this historic event!
  • Two speakers smiling and sitting at a black table surrounded by microphones.
    Participate in our conference events! Stephen Knowlton and Margaret Bausman at the LHRT Research Forum (2018 American Library Association Conference).
  • Examples of artwork by Van Sant, etchings of a whale, the word Neno, a bird, and other images resembling Egyptian hieroglyphics.
    Constructed in 1967 and designed by Architect Charles Luckman with artwork done by Tom Van Sant, Inglewood Public Library was the largest intaglio sculpture on earth at its creation…enjoy Tommy Vinh Bui’s article in our Library Chronicles column.
  • Children sitting at a table, looking through card catalog drawers.
    “Allison School Library, Metropolitan School District of Washington Township, Indianapolis, Indiana. A Knapp School Libraries Project Demonstration School. Children learning to use the catalog as a means of finding books on their own.” Image and caption from ALA Archives. https://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=708
  • A group of library patrons and librarians in square dancing outfits.
    Cass County Library Square Dance Class. An example of how local libraries have served as centers for many community events throughout history! Image from ALA Archives https://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=200
  • Actor "Mr. T.," who played Stallone's boxing opponent in Rocky III, tells library patrons how reading can influence their lives.
    Actor “Mr. T.” tells library inmates how reading can influence their lives (1983). Courtesy of American Library Association Archives. https://archon.library.illinois.edu/ala/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=2243
  • Two librarians sitting on the floor of a conference hall under a sign that says "Happines is 100 ALA Conferences."
    Librarians resting in the exhibit area at the 100th ALA Annual Conference in 1981 at San Francisco. Courtesy of American Library Association Archives
  • People opening the drawer of a card catalog and pointing to the call number of the spine of a book.
    Getting Acquainted with the Catalog, Cleveland Public Library, 1939. Courtesy of American Library Association Archives http://archives.library.illinois.edu/alaarchon/index.php?p=digitallibrary/digitalcontent&id=209
  • A newspaper cartoon depicting a man with a top hat standing at the door of a library with a stunned look on his face. A person at the door waves a bat at him. A sign next to the door says "This Library Open Every Other Monday From 9:58am to 10am. A caption reads "Jan 9, 1854. Astor Library Opened" 'From Life, January 7, 1892
    Caption reads “Jan 9, 1854. Astor Library Opened” (From Life, January 7, 1892). Explore the history of New York Public Library in Sarah Edwards Obenauf’s post “A Study in Patience and Fortitude” in our Library Chronicles section.
  • An African-American man speaking in an auditorium.
    E. J. Josey speaking into a microphone at a conference (c. 1970).
  • An adult and several children are dancing in front of display tables.
    Check out the book chapter “Library History as Community History: Florence and Graham” by Jonathan Pacheco Bell in “Library Chronicles.” Artists from CalArts lead youth in a dance party at the book launch!-Image Courtesy of Katie O’Kelly