{"id":53123,"date":"2022-03-18T03:27:11","date_gmt":"2022-03-18T03:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jurn.org\/tentaclii\/?p=53123"},"modified":"2022-04-11T05:21:11","modified_gmt":"2022-04-11T05:21:11","slug":"picture-postals-from-lovecraft-a-tour-of-the-library","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/picture-postals-from-lovecraft-a-tour-of-the-library\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Picture postals&#8217; from Lovecraft: a tour of the library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This week, a tour of the library. Not Lovecraft&#8217;s own and very large home Library, sadly. But rather the Providence Public Library which he had regularly visited and used since childhood. The following pictures of the Library are from somewhat disparate dates, and the library departments were moved around somewhat over time. But this is basically as he knew the building and its various service desks and rooms.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib001-entrance.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib001-entrance.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"411\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53124\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>The entrance steps.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib003a-infodesk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib003a-infodesk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"397\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53126\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>The information desk.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib003-cardcats.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib003-cardcats.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"404\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53127\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>The card-index catalogue system, a primitive paper search-engine for book titles and topics.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib004-delivery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib004-delivery.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"384\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53128\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Delivery desk, at which one might wait for a book that was not on the open shelves.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib005-directories.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib005-directories.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"391\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53129\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Trade and other local directories.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib006-reference.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib006-reference.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"417\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53130\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Reference reading room.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib007-periodicals.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib007-periodicals.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"416\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53131\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>A reading room with newspapers.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib008-magazines.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib008-magazines.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"413\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53132\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>A magazines and periodicals room, later &mdash; perhaps even the 1950s?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib002-stairs.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib002-stairs.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"414\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53125\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>A dark staircase, with a watching window.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib010-corridor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib010-corridor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"662\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53134\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>An upper corridor. Ahead may be the lecture room, while to the right we see a label painted on the glass door for &#8220;Children&#8217;s Library&#8221;.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib011-children.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib011-children.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"353\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53135\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Children&#8217;s rooms. A Lovecraft-alike boy is second from the right, at the front.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib012-lectureroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib012-lectureroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"400\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53136\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Lecture room.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib009-readingdesk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib009-readingdesk.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"403\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53133\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>A quiet study room.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib013-artroom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib013-artroom.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"395\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53137\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>The art room and skylights.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib014-stacks.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jurn.link\/tentaclii\/oldimages\/provpublib014-stacks.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"525\" height=\"761\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-53138\" \/><\/a><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\"><em>Meanwhile, down in the basement&#8230; &#8216;the stacks&#8217;. Lovecraft had a special &#8216;stacks&#8217; library card and appears to have been permitted to descend. This picture may be much later, perhaps the late 1950s or 60s.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>All from the Providence Public Library collection, with all but the final picture newly colourised.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week, a tour of the library. Not Lovecraft&#8217;s own and very large home Library, sadly. But rather the Providence &hellip;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/2022\/03\/18\/picture-postals-from-lovecraft-a-tour-of-the-library\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53123","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-historical-context","category-picture-postals"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53123","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=53123"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53123\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53234,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53123\/revisions\/53234"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=53123"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=53123"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/jurn.link\/tentaclii\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=53123"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}