We’re well into National Library Week, the week that is set aside each April to celebrate the contributions of libraries and librarians (although I’ll note that in my family–composed of many librarians–we celebrate libraries and librarians every day!). What better time to browse through pictures in our collections relating to public libraries?
Two, in particular, caught my eyes. You don’t often think of enjoying the public library in the open air, but these Depression-era photographs from the Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information (FSA/OWI) Collection suggest just that.
Russell Lee took this photograph of a public library tent while documenting a mobile camp for migratory farm workers in Odell, Oregon in 1941.