2-3floor stair.JPG (106171 bytes)

Stair between second and third floor of stacks

 

2floor empty.JPG (121976 bytes)

Second floor stacks empty during shifting summer 1994. 
Original stacks in foreground with cast iron/wood shelves, 1914 addition in background with steel shelves

 

2floor isle.JPG (120746 bytes)

Second floor stacks.  Original stacks in foreground with cast iron/wood shelves, 1914 addition in background with steel shelves. You can also see where the glass floor plates change size and style between the two sections (next to where the table is about 2/3 of the way down the isle)
(published)

 

2floor joint.JPG (106266 bytes)

Close up of where the 1914 stacks addition meets the original stacks (1896/97)
The bulge in the wall where the electrical box is located was originally the back of the building.

 

2floor south.JPG (88497 bytes)

Back isle of second floor 1914 stacks addition.

 

2floor west.JPG (110188 bytes)

West wall of stacks.  1914 addition in foreground and original stacks in background.  Again, the slight bulge in the green wall on the left is where the back of the original stacks was before the addition.

 

Bracket.JPG (92713 bytes)

Close up of cast iron shelving bracket from original stacks.

 

Capitol.JPG (124765 bytes)

Detail of front entrance of building.

 

Circ.JPG (98778 bytes)

Circulation room of the library.  The stacks entrance can barley be seen on the right side of the picture between the column and the edge of the picture.

 

Fface.JPG (139255 bytes)

Female face detail on front of building next to entrance.

 

Front flowers-1.JPG (110970 bytes)

Front flowers-2.JPG (115942 bytes)

Front entrance of building.

 

Front.JPG (78302 bytes)

Mface.JPG (139869 bytes)

Male face detail on front of building next to entrance.

Mface-wide.JPG (126695 bytes)

 

Mural-1.JPG (101058 bytes)

Mural in rotunda (Circulation room) of the library.

 

Mural-2.JPG (100629 bytes)

Mural in rotunda (Circulation room) of the library.

 

Mural-2c.JPG (104857 bytes)

Mural in rotunda (Circulation room) of the library.

 

Nstair.JPG (131852 bytes)

Detail of top of building where  newel stair, the stacks wing, and main building meet.

 

Side.JPG (147367 bytes)

West side of stacks.  The main building is at far left.  The original stacks extend to where the guttering is between the third and fourth windows of the stacks (behind the bicycle)  The 1914 addition consists of the fourth and fifth windows with the elevator shaft of the 1919 addition being the tower at the far right of the image.
(published)

 

Side-angle.JPG (121798 bytes)

Different angle of west side, elevator tower more visible.

 

Side-angle-back.JPG (156159 bytes)

Same as above but farther back.  You can see part of the 1919 addition at the far right.  The stone was not put on this addition until the 1926 addition was built.

 

Structure Detail.JPG (83363 bytes)

Detail of bottom side of original glass stacks.

 

Tower fall.JPG (116188 bytes)

Tower snow.JPG (124292 bytes)

Tower-front.JPG (101676 bytes)

Union.JPG (83238 bytes)

 

 

floorp-big.JPG (98491 bytes)

floorp.JPG (51345 bytes)