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Description: Patent for a shelving unit designed to display books for sale in a storefront, including illustrations.
Date: June 22, 1920
Creator: Wieman, Herman A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Two Women Look Through Books]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified women standing in a library; one women is flipping through a book in her hands, and the other woman is reaching for a book among multiple stacks of books on a counter. Behind the women is an interior wall with two curtained windows, and the remainder of the room is filled with many tables with chairs and tall and short bookshelves.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

Store Shelving.

Description: Patent for new and improved store shelving. This design utilizes a hinge whereby the shelving can collapse onto a flat surface, which is otherwise available as storage itself. This design also utilizes wheeled legs for easy transportation and zinc plating so as to partially fire-proof the shelving.
Date: February 27, 1883
Creator: Harris, Thomas A.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

Movable Shelving for Stores.

Description: Patent for new and improved shelving. This design "consists of three sections, a central main portion and two half-sections hinged at each end of the main section, said side sections being one half the length of the main section and adapted to fold face inward against the middle section, and the whole supported upon brackets that terminate in caster-rollers, and is removably secured to the store-wall by hooks on the shelving engaging eyes in the wall . . . The object of this invention is to so … more
Date: July 15, 1890
Creator: Thomas, Oscar P.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department

[Two Women Speak in the Literature Section of a Library]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified women in a discussion with one of the women flipping through a book at a counter. A few large books, including The Columbia Encyclopedia, sit on top of the counter. The bookshelf behind them to the left is labeled as 800 Literature (Literature (Belles-lettres) and rhetoric materials). The right wall is covered by bookshelves holding books and periodicals and a file cabinet with an illegible Clipping Index box on top.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Two Women Display Books on a Library Counter]

Description: Photograph of two unidentified women standing on either side of a counter covered with books and papers. One women is showing the book Moments of Knowing by Ann Bridge. Displayed on the counter are two catalogs, Author Catalog: Books for Adults and Title Catalog. Behind the women are a cubicle with shelves of books and papers. Against the back wall are short bookcases with dioramas displayed on top. Through a window on the back wall, another unidentified person can be seen in another room with … more
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Women in the Reference Section]

Description: Photograph of three unidentified women in various activities in a reference library room with desks, tables, and chairs. One woman is typing a notecard for a card catalog. One woman is answering a phone from a desk covered in papers, binders, office supplies, and cigarettes. One woman is sitting at a table with piles of books and materials. The two back walls are lined with bookshelves, and the left bookshelf is filled with books of matching bindings.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Woman Sits in a Library Room]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting and reading a book at a rectangular table in a small space with all the walls lined with bookshelves. Most of the books seem to have matching bindings in large selections. One window has an air conditioner unit, and both have roman shades.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Two People Work with a Book]

Description: Photograph of an unidentified man and woman standing on either side of a counter covered with manilla file folders and books; the woman is gesturing towards a book open between them while the man writes on something under plastic on the book. The man is wearing a GM Genuine Parts jacket with an embroidered name, possibly Leon. Behind them to the right are tables with boxes and stacks of books on top with bookshelves against the wall. Behind to the left are two doorways to other rooms and a fram… more
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Bookshelves of Large Print Books #1]

Description: Photograph of two full library bookshelves labeled as Biography, Fiction, and Large Type. A sign reading Large Print Books and two framed pieces of art are located above the bookshelves. In front of the bookshelves are library carts of books, and two more rooms with another bookshelf and framed art can be seen through doorways on the left.
Date: [1977..1988]
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Two Women Discuss Bookmarks]

Description: Photograph of two women on either side of a card catalog with a box of bookmarks on top. The woman on the right, holding a bookmark, is Jean Schmaus, ILL Librarian at Austin Public Library. Behind them are rows of tables and chairs and rows of bookshelves with signs or displayed books.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Cassette Circulation Display]

Description: Photograph of a library's Cassette Circulation display including some Shakespeare works: Macbeth and Henry V and She Stoops to Conquer by Oliver Goldsmith. The behind the display is a man reading a book on a couch beside a wall of bookshelves.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[Bookshelves of Large Print Books #2]

Description: Photograph of two full library bookshelves labeled as Biography, Fiction, and Large Type. A sign reading Large Print Books and two framed pieces of art are located above the bookshelves. In front of the bookshelves are library carts of books, and two more rooms with another bookshelf and framed art can be seen through doorways on the left.
Date: [1977..1981]
Partner: Central Texas Library System

[A Woman Reads an Issue of Orbit]

Description: Photograph of a woman at a desk reading a stapled paper issue of Orbit: The Voice of Public Libraries in Central Texas. The acronym CTMRCN is seen above a graphic on the front page. The desk has an apple with protruding pencils and pens and boxes of book cards. Behind the woman is stained glass, framed artwork, and a window nook.
Date: 1978
Partner: Central Texas Library System
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