Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . a length of one hundred and thirty-four feet, and a depth of forty-eight feet, is divided into three parts by a rotunda in the center, surmounted by abeautiful stained-glass dome. Elliptical arches rise from the marble piers at thefour corners, and the walls above are elaborately covered with mosaics, into whichare worked the devices of the early printers and other appropriate designs. Thewings of the Delivery Room are wainscoted in Carrara marble, above which extends afrieze of glass mosaic, containing large panels of gree
Chicago: its history and its builders; a century of marvelous growth . a length of one hundred and thirty-four feet, and a depth of forty-eight feet, is divided into three parts by a rotunda in the center, surmounted by abeautiful stained-glass dome. Elliptical arches rise from the marble piers at thefour corners, and the walls above are elaborately covered with mosaics, into whichare worked the devices of the early printers and other appropriate designs. Thewings of the Delivery Room are wainscoted in Carrara marble, above which extends afrieze of glass mosaic, containing large panels of green serpentine marble inlaidwith white inscriptions in ten different languages, and also in various characters,from Egyptian hieroglyphics to modern Roman. Four large book rooms, equipped with three-deck steel stacks with glass floors,and having a capacity of 350,000 volumes, open directly into the Delivery west end of the room comprises the Open Shelf Department, and the correspond-ing east end is occupied by the Registry Department. The Information Desk and. CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY
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