Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . PHOTO COPYRIGHTED, I097, BY FOSTER EROS. by Puvis de THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 21 adding the number of his tabic and chair to the slip used intaking out books for hall use, the reader may have his vol-umes brought to him directly, without the delay occasionedby waiting for them in the delivery room. The busts ar-ranged about the hall are labelled and need no further ex-planation here. This hall is named in honor of JoshuaBates, a native of ^Massachusetts, but in after years thehead of the London banking house of Barin
Pictorial guide to Boston and the country around .. . PHOTO COPYRIGHTED, I097, BY FOSTER EROS. by Puvis de THE PUBLIC LIBRARY. 21 adding the number of his tabic and chair to the slip used intaking out books for hall use, the reader may have his vol-umes brought to him directly, without the delay occasionedby waiting for them in the delivery room. The busts ar-ranged about the hall are labelled and need no further ex-planation here. This hall is named in honor of JoshuaBates, a native of ^Massachusetts, but in after years thehead of the London banking house of Baring the early days of the library he gave it $50,000 and $50,000worth of books. Good judges of architecture have pronouncedthis hall one of the most impressive rooms in the world. The lobby at the south end of the staircase corridor leads tothe delivery room. This lobby is decorated in the manner ofPompcian wall paintings, the work of ^Ir. Elmer E. Garnsey. The delivery room is sixty-four feet long by thirty-three floor is tiled with Istrian and red Verona marble. The lightcomes from windows looking out upon Bl
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