[Library's Presidents Display]

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Photograph of a library's display of Presidents of the United States along the back wall with decorations including, large posters of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, a stylized poster with red, white, and blue stripes and white stars, two scroll shaped posters, and ten small signs with silhouettes or images attached, and displayed books on short bookshelves. An unidentified woman is standing near a book cart behind the library counter which is in front of an window-like opening to another area with hanging cabinets and a desk covered with office supplies and a microfiche machine. The foreground shows a card … continued below

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Creator: Unknown. [1977..1981].

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Central Texas Library System Slide Collection and was provided by the Central Texas Library System to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Central Texas Library System

The Central Texas Library System, Inc., is one of the ten original library systems serving public libraries in Texas from 1972 to 2012. It is still in operation as a non-profit, serving 192 libraries across the state.

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Photograph of a library's display of Presidents of the United States along the back wall with decorations including, large posters of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, a stylized poster with red, white, and blue stripes and white stars, two scroll shaped posters, and ten small signs with silhouettes or images attached, and displayed books on short bookshelves. An unidentified woman is standing near a book cart behind the library counter which is in front of an window-like opening to another area with hanging cabinets and a desk covered with office supplies and a microfiche machine. The foreground shows a card catalog with a yellow flower arrangement on top.

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1 photograph : positive, col. ; 35 mm.

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Central Texas Library System Slide Collection

The Central Texas Library System, Inc., is one of the ten original library systems serving public libraries in Texas from 1972 to 2012. It is still in operation as a non-profit, serving 192 libraries across the state.

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  • [1977..1981]

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  • Aug. 31, 2011, 12:05 a.m.

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  • Nov. 11, 2022, 7:54 p.m.

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[Library's Presidents Display], photograph, [1977..1981]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth182547/: accessed June 12, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Central Texas Library System.

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