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Name and location of repository
Level of description
Item
Title
A71500-19
Date(s)
- 1953-01-16 (Creation)
Extent
Name of creator
(1919-1980)
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Scope and content
A well-dressed man in topcoat waits for his library book to be checked out to him in a January, 1953, photograph. The Tacoma Public Library employee is using a new charging machine in order to complete the transaction. There are books on the shelves beside her waiting for patrons to pick them up. Across from the charging area is the receiving department where returned books are discharged. The Main branch of the Tacoma Public Library had recently opened in their new location on Tacoma Avenue South. It was housed in a modern, three story building with extensive use of plate glass windows. Photograph ordered by General Electric.
Public libraries--Tacoma; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Books; General Electric Co. (Tacoma);