COLLECTION NAME:
The John Rylands Library
Record
Image Number:
JRL060388dc
Reference Number:
Rylands Library archive
Image Title:
1920s book stacks
Date Created:
1920
Description:
Black and white photograph of the glass-floored book stacks in the 1920 Extension of the John Rylands Library, Deansgate, Manchester. The steel stacks were installed by the Art Metal Construction Company, with integral glass floors bolted to the shelving.
Subject:
John Rylands Library
Category of Material:
Archives
Category of Material:
Photography
Sub-Category:
Analogue photography
Support:
Paper
Creation Site:
England: Manchester
Places Covered:
England: Greater Manchester: Manchester
Item Height:
242 mm
Item Width:
287 mm
Current Repository:
The University of Manchester Library, U.K.
Rights Holder - Image:
The University of Manchester Library
Rights holder - Work:
The University of Manchester Library
Access Rights:
Bibliographic Citation:
Reproduced in Guppy, Henry, 'The John Rylands Library, Manchester: 1899-1924 : A record of its history with brief descriptions of the building and its contents' (Manchester: The University Press, 1924), facing p. 129.
Date Captured (yyyy-mm-dd):
2006-02-09
Image Creation Technique:
Digital capture by Gten
Date Image Added (yyyy-mm):
2006-03
Metadata Language:
eng-GB
1920s book stacks
