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teachingliteracy:

shelf portrait by Fox Talbot

teachingliteracy:

shelf portrait by Fox Talbot

1 year ago
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I remember that I stood on the library steps holding my books and looking for a minute at the soft hinted green in the branches against the sky and wishing, as I always did, that I could walk home across the sky instead of through the village.
Shirley Jackson, We Have Always Lived in the Castle
1 year ago
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chicagopubliclibrary:

Vintage Chicago Public Library Bookmobile
Check out the digital collection for more!
(h/t thelifeguardlibrarian for inspiring this post)

chicagopubliclibrary:

Vintage Chicago Public Library Bookmobile

Check out the digital collection for more!

(h/t thelifeguardlibrarian for inspiring this post)

(via teachingliteracy)

1 year ago
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nothing-on-you:

N Y Public Library (by sftrajan)

nothing-on-you:

N Y Public Library (by sftrajan)

(Source: crlg)

1 year ago
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procurandoopunctum:

Biblioteca del Palácio Nacional de Mafra

procurandoopunctum:

Biblioteca del Palácio Nacional de Mafra

1 year ago
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gatsbylives:

reading-is-fun:

Alain Delan, The Girl on a Motorcycle

WHAT IS UP ALAIN DELON

gatsbylives:

reading-is-fun:

Alain Delan, The Girl on a Motorcycle

WHAT IS UP ALAIN DELON

1 year ago
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What it’s like at a library: Reality Check 4

thatfaeriechick:

The Stereotype:

The Fantasy:

The Reality:

1 year ago
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