tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post3831221737316138222..comments2024-01-07T09:36:51.796-08:00Comments on Chess, Comics, Crosswords, Books, Music, Cinema: Photo Essay: State LibrariesPrashant C. Trikannadhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-82593695305086707812014-06-09T21:07:06.247-07:002014-06-09T21:07:06.247-07:00Tracy, thank you. I can't imagine what treasur...Tracy, thank you. I can't imagine what treasures are stored in these and other government sponsored libraries.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-84204783785810469522014-06-07T13:15:51.376-07:002014-06-07T13:15:51.376-07:00Lovely libraries, Prashant. I wish I could visit a...Lovely libraries, Prashant. I wish I could visit all of them.TracyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08303342674824383688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-16911535320675765062014-06-06T23:52:10.203-07:002014-06-06T23:52:10.203-07:00Bill, it certainly looks very impressive. Are visi...Bill, it certainly looks very impressive. Are visitors allowed in the Canadian Parliamentary Library?Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-63890666152132092772014-06-06T23:25:08.490-07:002014-06-06T23:25:08.490-07:00Prashant: The Canadian Parliamentary Library is a ...Prashant: The Canadian Parliamentary Library is a very impressive place. It is the successor to the original library which burned in a fire in 1915.Bill Selneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17268006369157307593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-45650517149670581222014-06-05T01:13:24.557-07:002014-06-05T01:13:24.557-07:00Yvette, I regularly browse through the catalogues ...Yvette, I regularly browse through the catalogues and photographic collections of the Library of Congress as well as other public libraries attached to universities and local state and city bodies. I discover something new every week. I haven't "visited" The Morgan Library. It'd be interesting to know how the library came into possession of Dickens' handwritten story. Displaying it around Christmas seems like an annual exposition.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-81505611432761396732014-06-04T10:07:24.143-07:002014-06-04T10:07:24.143-07:00I'd love to get lost in the Library of Congres...I'd love to get lost in the Library of Congress. There are some beautiful and awe inspiring photos online. It's a mega-dome of books and other literary minutiae. The New York Public Library is pretty awe-inspiring too as is The Morgan Library. Now THERE'S a place I've always meant to get to and never have. Morgan collected just about anything and everything including original manuscripts and minutiae. There's a manuscript of Dickens' A CHRISTMAS CAROL, written in his own hand. Only available to see at Christmas, I think. Can you imagine?Yvettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08919246184376538331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-89892798950864644432014-06-04T08:00:14.588-07:002014-06-04T08:00:14.588-07:00Col, I don't think we'd know where to star...Col, I don't think we'd know where to start browsing. Some of the historical works in these libraries dating back decades and centuries are mind blowing.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-25989031191099527282014-06-04T00:43:06.263-07:002014-06-04T00:43:06.263-07:00I'd love to be able to browse the shelves and ...I'd love to be able to browse the shelves and see what the books actually are.col2910https://www.blogger.com/profile/06422138069939709043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-66549773496971735102014-06-03T22:57:10.084-07:002014-06-03T22:57:10.084-07:00Same here, Charles. I grew up reading books and co...Same here, Charles. I grew up reading books and comics from circulating libraries which, I think, is (or was) an Indian thing.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-29035598574654169892014-06-03T22:55:30.413-07:002014-06-03T22:55:30.413-07:00Patti, I wonder how many heads of state and govern...Patti, I wonder how many heads of state and government and their families read anything from the libraries. I guess posing with dignitaries in the library makes a good picture.Prashant C. Trikannadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16079354501998741758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-8783309906565554252014-06-03T08:12:05.403-07:002014-06-03T08:12:05.403-07:00the word library always fires me up, no matter how...the word library always fires me up, no matter how big or small.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1169151311037688512.post-33560726812866347242014-06-03T04:50:30.904-07:002014-06-03T04:50:30.904-07:00Some pretty repositories there.Some pretty repositories there.pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.com