This is the first installment of a new series on Book Patrol. In the Stacks. A series dedicated to exploring the digital archives of the leading libraries, institutions and organizations of the known universe
First up is the Boston Public Library who recently released over 15,000 images from their archive through Flickr.
Got to love this shot of kids learning “the right use of books”
BPL is the home of a tremendous collection of books designed by Sarah Wyman Whitman, the first major American professional book designer.
Who knew this is where the girls who use ink hung out
Also of note at BPL is the current exhibition The Public Life of Poetry: Whitman, Dickinson, Longfellow, and Their Contemporaries on view in the Rare Books lobby at the Central Library.