Buildings
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Architect’s drawing of the first library building, 1913
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Delmar Free Library in 1925
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Vintage library, vintage cars, 1935
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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The library had added two wings by 1961.
(undated, Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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l. to r. Library director Barbara Rau, librarian Carol Alric, Marion Bardole and Mary Wasserbach examine blueprints for the new library building, 1970.
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Groundbreaking, August 1970: l. to r. library director Barbara Rau, Dr. Arthur Schmidt, library board president Theodore Wenzl
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Under construction: view from the Green-to-be, November 1970
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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View toward the plaza entrance from the parking lot, December 1970
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Interior view of mezzanine stairs and structural reinforcements, June 1971
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Bethlehem Public Library, 1972
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Elsmere A&P staff collect a hundred empty fruit boxes for the move.
(April 1972, photo credit David Ashby; Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Soldiers of the Army National Guard, 1st Battalion, 210th Armored Division do some heavy lifting.
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Teen volunteers on Moving Day
(courtesy Spotlight, used with permission)
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Moving Day montage
(courtesy Spotlight, used with permission)
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Library director Barbara Rau pitches in at the checkout desk, 1974
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Quiet reading, 1974
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Reference area, 1974
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Fiction stacks, 1974
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Atrium, 1974
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
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Magazine area, 1974
(Bethlehem Public Library archives)
