Photo Gallery

Images from my research.

From top left, clockwise, the Benjamin Franklin book donation within the Franklin Public Library, new entry to the Peterborough Town Library, renovated Peterborough Reading Room, Christmas time at the Cary Memorial Library in Lexington, MA and the “Carnegie Library” in Turners Falls, MA.

Photo Credits: Franklin books – Franklin Public Library; Peterborough Town Library – Peter Vanderwarker; Others – the Author

Commemoration

Appreciation Plaque, Ashaway Free Library

McArthur Public Library Children’s Section

Athol Public Library (left) adjacent to the Town Hall on Main Street

Munson Memorial Library from Fiddler’s Greem

Cary Library Interior

Field Memorial Library at Sunset

Veteran’s Memorial adjacent to the Carnegie Library, Turners Falls

Some places, like the Athol Public Library, loan more than books. In Franklin they have a “library of things” ranging from kitchen gadgets to board games.

Contemporary exterior of the Scoville Memorial Library. Note how the new addition (right) blends with the rear of the original structure

Field Memorial Library Board Members

Many public libraries, like the Otis Library in Norwich, focus on these topics

Library History in America