The State Library of Pennsylvania from Yesteryear

A Library on Wheels

Staff of the State Library of Pennsylvania and their automobile used to ferry around books to local communities (date unknown)

 

A First Home

Postcard showing the exterior of the Executive Building, now the Matthew J. Ryan Building, which first housed a designated State Library space

A First Home

An alternative view of the Executive Building, now the Matthew J. Ryan Building, showing the entryway for the State Library area, c. 1900

A First Home

A statue inside the foyer of the Executive Building housing the State Library, with sitting areas on the perimeter (date unknown)

A First Home

The Main Library Reading Room at old location of the State Library, currently the Annex of the Matthew J. Ryan Building (c. 1920s)

A First Home

The Main Library Reading Room at old location of the State Library, currently the Annex of the Matthew J. Ryan Building, showing a more dated look with classical chandeliers and more simple decor (c. 1900)

A First Home

The southern stairway in the main reading room of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)

A First Home

An alternative and more distanced view of the southern stairway in the main reading room of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)

A First Home

The newspaper room on the upper floor of the State Library in the Executive Building, showing newspaper stacks, reading tables, and the ceiling cantilevers (c. 1900)

A First Home

The card catalog underneath the northern stairway in the main reading room of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)

A First Home

The Public Office, or front desk, of the State Library in the Executive Building, with a glimpse into the closed stacks behind and enclosed administrative offices (c. 1900)

A First Home

The English Law alcove on the gallery level of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)

A First Home

The "Philadelphia Corner", containing the collection of Philadelphia area newspapers in closed stacks, at the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)

A First Home

More miscellaneous stacks containing newspaper collections at the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)

A First Home

The office of a librarian at the State Library in the Executive Building, with doorways to the main reading area and the public desk area (c. 1900)

The Forum Building, from Walnut Street facing the Auditorium

View of the Forum Building from the State Capitol

The Office of the State Librarian

Foyer to the Forum Building, facing the Law Library

Entrance to the Forum Building from Soldier's Grove

Ceiling in the Foyer of the Forum Building

Employees on the Tier 5 Balcony, Overlooking Soldier's Grove, with the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Bridge in the Background

Likely the Office of the State Librarian, from a Different View

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Staff of the State Library of Pennsylvania and their automobile used to ferry around books to local communities (date unknown)
Postcard showing the exterior of the Executive Building, now the Matthew J. Ryan Building, which first housed a designated State Library space
An alternative view of the Executive Building, now the Matthew J. Ryan Building, showing the entryway for the State Library area, c. 1900
A statue inside the foyer of the Executive Building housing the State Library, with sitting areas on the perimeter (date unknown)
The Main Library Reading Room at old location of the State Library, currently the Annex of the Matthew J. Ryan Building (c. 1920s)
The Main Library Reading Room at old location of the State Library, currently the Annex of the Matthew J. Ryan Building, showing a more dated look with classical chandeliers and more simple decor (c. 1900)
The southern stairway in the main reading room of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)
An alternative and more distanced view of the southern stairway in the main reading room of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)
The newspaper room on the upper floor of the State Library in the Executive Building, showing newspaper stacks, reading tables, and the ceiling cantilevers (c. 1900)
The card catalog underneath the northern stairway in the main reading room of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)
The Public Office, or front desk, of the State Library in the Executive Building, with a glimpse into the closed stacks behind and enclosed administrative offices (c. 1900)
The English Law alcove on the gallery level of the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)
The "Philadelphia Corner", containing the collection of Philadelphia area newspapers in closed stacks, at the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)
More miscellaneous stacks containing newspaper collections at the State Library in the Executive Building (c. 1900)
The office of a librarian at the State Library in the Executive Building, with doorways to the main reading area and the public desk area (c. 1900)
The Forum Building, from Walnut Street facing the Auditorium
View of the Forum Building from the State Capitol
The Office of the State Librarian
Foyer to the Forum Building, facing the Law Library
Entrance to the Forum Building from Soldier's Grove
Ceiling in the Foyer of the Forum Building
Employees on the Tier 5 Balcony, Overlooking Soldier's Grove, with the Soldiers & Sailors Memorial Bridge in the Background
Likely the Office of the State Librarian, from a Different View
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