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Room 198 before library renovation, 1999

Room 198 is shown before it was remodeled in the library renovation of 1999.

Reference area before library renovation, 1999

The reference area is shown in a view towards the glass wall on the south, before library renovation which took place in 1999.

Public computers on the first floor before library renovation, 1999

Public computers on the first floor are shown in a view looking east, before the 1999 library renovation.

Periodical Room (Reference Room), 1935

Students study in the library Reference Room (currently called Periodical Room), while a librarian works at the reference desk.

Mr. Roe waxing the floor in the Bookends Reading Room (Periodical Reading Room), 1927

Mr. Roe operates a floor waxer in the Periodical Reading Room (currently called the Bookends Reading Room).

Circulation Desk (Loan Desk) in operation, 1935

At the Loan Desk (now called Circulation Desk), a male staff member hands a book to a female student, while a female staff member sits nearby.

Behind the Circulation Desk (Loan Desk), 1944

The Library Loan Desk (now called Circulation Desk) is viewed from the librarian's side, with a male staff member helping a female patron while other staff work with card files and book trucks behind the desk.

Periodical Room (Main Reading Room), 1940

Tables of students are viewed from above in the library's Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room).

Room 198 (Reserve Book Room), 1944

The reserve desk and shelves are visible behind tables of students in the Reserve Book Room (currently Room 198).

Periodical Room (East General Reading Room), 1925

Students study in the East General Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room).

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