Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, MA - interior, c 1880s

Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, MA - interior, c 1880s

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View from behind the circulation desk of the library located in the East portion of the Goodnow Memorial Building in Princeton, Massachusetts, ca. 1880s. Books from the Ladies Reading Society and the Princeton Agricultural Society formed the collection for the library in 1883-4. Only the librarian was allowed to take the books from the shelves. Note the spiral staircase to the clock tower and the stained glass entry into the Reading Room. The Reading Room was later dedicated to the first Librarian, Susan Davis, who worked here from 1884-1929. The high chair shown in the middle of the picture is still used by librarians today in the Princeton Public Library in the Goodnow Memorial Building.

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1880-1890?

Restored negative and print produced by Bruce R. Dean in 2003

Is part of the collection of the Princeton Historical Society, http://www.princetonmahistory.org housed in the Princeton Public Library, http://www.princetonpubliclibrary.org Goodnow Memorial Building, Princeton, Massachusetts.

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