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