The Public Library A Photographic Essay
Library in town built by ex-slaves, Allensworth, California
Smallest library, now closed, Hartland Four Corners, Vermont
First Carnegie Library, Braddock, PA
Branch library, Family Dollar and Super Bingo, Abilene, TX
Ceiling, Main Reading Room, Main Library, New York, New York
Ceiling outside Children's Room, Main Library, Los Angeles, California
Main library, Los Angeles, California
Library, Death Valley National Park, CA
Katrina damaged library, New Orleans, Louisiana
Sculpture, library and cliffs, Springdale, UT
Mendota, California
Key West, Florida
Main computer room, Chicago, Illinois
Back of Central Library, Seattle, Washington
Gargoyle, Woburn, Massachusetts
Lending Library, Occupy Tuscon - Tucson, AZ
Interior, Woburn, Massachusetts
Boron, California
San Antonio, TX
Athenaeum/Library, St. Johnsbury, Vermont
The Rifle Lesson, West Wendover, NV (diptych)
Reading lesson, Portrero Hill, San Francisco, California
"Leer es Poder" (Reading is Power) sign, El Rito, NM
Evansville, IN
Destroyed Mark Twain branch, Detroit, MI
No Job, No Money, No Car - Detroit, MI
Las Cruces, NM
Library in snowstorm, South Lake Tahoe, California
Library, Yosemite National Park, California
Entrance, Main library, San Francisco, California
Civil War mural, Lowell, MA
Bookmobile, Baker, Nevada
Library of quilts, Half Moon Bay, California
Library mural, Moose Pass, Alaska
Library built on border, Derby Line, Vermont-Quebec
Library, South Dos Palos, California
Jefferson Market branch library, New York, New York
Seward Park Carnegie library, New York, New York
Harold Washington Learning Center, Chicago, Illinois
Child and scaffolding, Blackstone branch library, Chicago, Illinois
Ocean Park Carnegie library, Santa Monica, California
Entrance, Main Library, Brooklyn, New York
Former church, now library, Felton, California
Chinese books, Queens Public Library, Flushing, New York, New York
New Deal era paintings, Long Beach, California
High school/public library, Lee Vining, California
Head of books, Salt Lake City, Utah
Library and Wasatch Mountains, Salt Lake City, Utah
Coffee shop and library, Salt Lake City, Utah
Large photographs, African-American History Museum and Library, Oakland, California
Seed Lending Library, Richmond Public Library, Richmond, CA
Frank Lloyd Wright designed library in Civic Center, San Rafael, California
Librarians, Tool Lending Library, Berkeley, CA
Geodesic dome library, Beatty, Nevada
War memorial in front of library, Chelsea, Vermont
Cowboy hat in reading room, Main Library, Cleveland, OH
Librarian, Cleveland, OH
Chess set collection, Main Library, Cleveland, OH
Church and Main Library, Providence, RI
Exterior of library at night, Santa Fe, NM
Post, TX
George Washington Carver branch, Austin, TX
Main Library, Muskogee, OK
Willard Library, Evansville, IN
Local history, Laconia, NH (triptych)
Main Library, Newark, NJ
West branch Carnegie Library, Louisville, KY
Solar panels, mine tailings and library, Round Mountain, NV
Yarborough branch, Austin, TX
Algiers Temporary Library, New Orleans, LA
Armijo branch, El Paso, TX
Booneville, KY
Stairway, Midland, TX
Brumbach Library, Van Wert, OH
Williamson, WV
Carnegie Library, Bryan, TX
Columns from old library, Little Rock, AR
Carnegie Library, Las Vegas, NM
Community Library, Hostel, & Shop, Vershire, VT
Haley Library and History Center, Midland, TX
Darby Free Library, Darby, PA
World's first tax-supported public library, Peterborough, NH
Field Memorial Library, Conway, MA
Town tapestry, Wewoka, OK
Library in former train station, Caliente, NV
Library in heat wave: no AC, no computers, lights out to keep cool, Tchula, MS
Kettleman City, CA (diptych)
Main Library, Newark, NJ
Meeting in library, Newport, VT
New and old libraries, Tahlequah, OK (diptych)
Pojouque Pueblo, NM
Tenny Memorial Library, Newbury, VT
The Handley Library, Winchester, VA
Murals in Main Library, Detroit, MI
Orleans Street branch, Baltimore, MD
Reading sculpture, Gardiner, ME
Laconia, NH
Library, Weeping Water, NB
Fountain of Knowledge, Biblioteca Latinoamericana Branch Library, San Jose, CA
Redwoods, Mill Valley Public Library, Mill Valley, CA
Central Library, Milwaukee, WI
Interior dome, Central Library, Milwaukee, WI
Lynch Public Library, Lynch, NE
Storrs Library, Longmeadow, MA
Rico Public Library and City Hall, Rico, CO
Glendive Public Library in former bank, Glendive, MT
Letts Public Library and community room, Letts, IA
Grand Canyon Community Library, Grand Canyon National Park, AZ
Back of Garwin Public Library, Garwin, IA
Miss Cass Lake winners, Cass Lake Community Library, Cass Lake, MN
Main Library, Minneapolis, MN
Library, Chelsea, IA
After Hurricane Sandy, Queens Library bookmobile, the Rockaways, Queens, NY
Abandoned Prairie Library, Amidon, ND
Abandoned library in deserted town, Jeffrey City, WY
Main Library, Duluth, MN
Abandoned library, Sunflower, MS
Self portrait in abandoned library, Sunflower, MS
Amador City Hall and Library, Amador City, CA
Ancient Art sign and library, Abiquiu, NM
Book sculpture in front of library, Hillsboro, TX
Book sculputre, Iowa City, IA
Carnegie Library with addition, Miles City, MT
Carnegie Library, Grass Valley, CA
Carnegie Library, Wallace, ID
Carnegie working man statue. Allegheny, Pittsburgh, PA
Children's entrance, Thomas Crane, Quincy, MA
CHS Band, Clarksdale, MS
Computers, Boulder, CO
Defiance, OH
Entrance, Kansas City, MO
Entrance, Portland, OR
Five walls of library, Aliquippa, PA
Former gas station, now library, Halls, TN
Former library, now Arts Heritage Center, Ada, OK
Gold Rush town Library, Ione, CA
Interior, Rudy's Library, Monowi, NE pano
John Steinbeck Library, Salinas CA
La Pointe, WI
Librarian and guard, Avondale branch, Cincinatti, OH
Librarian, Tecopa Hot Spring CA
Library and park next to Marine Base, 29 Palms CA
Library in former church, Kiowa, CO
Library in former jail, Bluff, UT
Library-Post Office, Scott Bar, CA
Library, Beach, ND
Library, Fairplay, CO
Library, Redlands CA
Library, Salton City, CA
Library, Trona CA
Main Library, Butte, MT
Man on ladder, Hall Library, Chicago, IL
Manhattan, NV
Michigan mural, Main Library, Detroit, MI
Millicent Library, Fairhaven, MA (diptych)
Model, Carondolet branch library, St. Louis, MO
Municipal Complex (former strip mall), Seligman, MO
Oblique view, Deer Lodge, MT
Old Dakota Club Library, Eagle Butte, SD
Our Heritage tapestry, Harlan, KY
Painting, arch, computers, and Benjamin Franklin's donated books, Franklin, MA
Reader sculpture, Coalinga, CA
Reading Room, Main Library, Philadelphia. PA
Record heat wave, armed guard at door and air conditioning, Franklin branch, Detroit, MI
Remains of destroyed library, Bosler, WY
Rudy's Library, Monowi, NE
Tripp, SD
Tuba City, AZ
Vinland, KS
Walker on wifi at the Morrill Memorial & Harris Library, Strafford, VT
Western History Center, Main Library, Denver, CO
Weedpatch Camp, New Deal (WPA) labor camp. Library on left, returning former Dust Bowl refugees on right, near Arvin, CA (diptych)
Tule River Reservation, CA (dipytch)
Back of Carnegie Library restoration, El Centro, CA
Exterior, African-American Museum and Library (old Main Carnegie), Oakland, CA
Grafton Public Library, Grafton, NH
Main Library at night, Fargo, ND
Mulberry Street Library, New York, NY
Rainbow Branch Library, Las Vegas, NV
Roscoe Public Library (one of the smallest libraries in the US), Roscoe, SD
Statues of workers, Internet Archive, San Francisco, CA
Library and barn, Newbern Public Library, Newbern, AL 2019
Self portrait, Newbern Public Library, Newbern, AL 2019
Eclectic Public Library, Eclectic, AL 2019
Hale County Public Library, Greensboro, AL 2019
Librarian, Hale County Public Library, Greensboro, AL 2019
Old Public Library, Birmingham, AL 2019
Librarian, Public Library, Selma, AL 2019
Community quilt, Public Library, Selma, AL 2019
Cover of Public Library: An American Commons album
Library, Willow, AK
Washoe County Library, Reno, NV
Art in atrium, Central Library, Los Angeles, CA
Atrium, Main Library, Salt Lake City, UT
B.S. Ricks Memorial Library exterior, Yazoo City, MS
Baker branch, Bakersfield, CA
Library, Big Sur, CA (diptych)
Library , Tiburon, CA
Parking garage near Main Library, Kansas City, MO
Books, B.S. Ricks Memorial Library, Yazoo City, MS
Library, Itta Bena, MS (BB King's birthplace)
Brookside branch, Tulsa, OK
A.B. Safford Memorial Library, Cairo, IL
Humphreys County Library (catfish capitol of the world and highest rate of children in poverty in US), Belzoni, MS
Dale Chihuly sculpture, Main Library, San Antonio, TX
Main Library, Providence, RI
Closed city library system, Camden Free Public Library Camden, NJ
Community Room, Central Library, Seattle, WA
Entrance,, Harold Washington Learning Center, Chicago, IL
Richards Free Library, Newport, NH
Main Library, Boston, MA
Ernie Pyle branch library, Albuquerque, NM
Esparanza Moreno branch library, El Paso. TX
Enfield Public Library, Exterior, Enfield, NH
Library (one of the wealthiest areas in the country), Portola Valley, CA
Exterior of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose, CA
Fairlee Public Library, Fairlee, VT
Fannie Lou Hamer Library (in pouring rain), Jackson, MS
The first Little Free Library, Hudson, WI
Fishtown branch library, Philadelphia, PA
Reeves County Library (cowboy boots and flags), Pecos, TX
Foreign language books, Harold Washington Learning Center, Chicago, IL
Former smallest library in US, now a real estate office, Inverness, CA
Library, Kerman, CA
Library in mall, Galleria at Sunset Mall, Henderson, NV
Octavia Felin Public Library, Gallup, NM
Library (diptych, cowboy statues), Gilette, WY
Hannibal Free Public Library, Hannibal, MO
Howe Public Library Hanover NH
Hyde Park branch library, Los Angeles, CA
Native American reading, Haines Borough Public Library, Haines, AK
Interior , Main Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Librarian, Northeast Nevada Regional Bookmobile, Baker, NV
Kern County Library, Delano Branch, Delano, CA
Library and Childrens Museum, Las Vegas, NV
Sprague Branch Library, Salt Lake City, UT
Merced branch library, Gustine, CA
Town of Canaan Library and City Hall, Canaan, NH
Library built by WPA, Buttonwillow, CA
Sutton Public Library and truck, Sutton, AK
Public Library closed by Katrina, Biloxi, MS
Beowawe Branch Library, Beowawe, NV
Library, Alpaugh, CA (diptych)
Local authors, North Beach, San Francisco, CA
Forest Lodge Library, Cable, WI
Los Altos Public Library, Los Altos, CA
Liquor store sign and Mahnomen Library, Mahnomen, MN
Main Carnegie Library of Pittsburg,, Pittsburgh, PA
Exterior, Main Library, Detroit, MI
Meyer Memorial Library, Calipatria, CA
Mural, Bernal Heights, San Francisco, CA
Library "Dead Whale or a Stove Boat", New Bedford, MA
North branch library, Berkeley, CA (diptych)
Peabody Library, Post Mills, VT
Oklahoma Room, Oklahoma City, OK
Cossitt branch library (old and new), , Memphis, TN
Chess Room, passed-out man, Main Library, Baltimore, MD
Interior, Main Library, Portland, OR
Henry M. Seymour Library (readers sculpture), Indianola, MS
Redwood tree, now pillar on spot where it grew, Martin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Reading and reflection, Western Addition branch, San Francisco, CA
Interior, Peterborough library, Peterborough, NH
Steinbeck rug, Dr. Marin Luther King, Jr. Library, San Jose State University, San Jose, CA
Schomburg Center and Library, Harlem, New York, NY
Library, Shepherdstown, WV
Empty lot - home of former library, North St. Louis, MO
Central Library, St. Paul, MN
Stack of books mural, Shaw branch, Washington, DC
Stage, Carnegie Library (100th Birthday), Stamford, TX
Stairway, Main Library, Providence, RI
Stonewall Jackson painting, Hadley Library, Winchester, VA
The Justin Morrill Memorial & Harris Library, Strafford, VT
Trophies, Abandoned library, Burchard, NE
Library, Truth or Consequences, NM
Vermont Square Carnegie Branch Library, Los Angeles, CA
Library, Wauseon, OH
Window, Visitation Valley, San Francisco, CA
Witney branch library, Las Vegas, NV
The Norman Williams Public Library, Woodstock, VT