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A71500-8
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- 1953-01-16 (Creation)
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When the new Main Branch of the Tacoma Public Library at 1102 Tacoma Avenue South was built in 1952 it offered more then just new shelves and fresh paint in its expanded building. One special new service for the Library's patrons was a separate, air conditioned smoking room located on the first floor by the check-out desk. There, seated on cushioned chairs, readers could light up cigarettes while enjoying the latest best sellers or the newest issue of the Tacoma News Tribune. In later years shelving was added to the room to hold part of the Library's reference collection including Chemical Abstracts. The smoking room was closed about 1979. (Photograph ordered by General Electric.)
Public libraries--Tacoma; Tacoma Public Library (Tacoma); Smoking rooms--Tacoma; General Electric Co. (Tacoma);