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Melvil Dewey, portrait signé (Historical and Public Figures: A General Portrait File to the 1920s)

Horace Howard Furness in his library at "Lindenshade" — his house, formerly located in Wallingford, Pennsylvania. Bookcases designed by his brother, architect Frank Furness, and executed by furniture-maker Daniel Pabst are at far left and right. The…

Trustee (1875-1929) and Provost (1894-1910) of the University of Pennsylvania
1 photograph; 16 x 22 cm (6 x 9 in)

1 photograph; 24 x 19 cm (9.5 x 7.5 in)
L.A. Duhring was a Philadelphia physician and Penn professor of dermatology. This portrait appeared in the Centennial Exhibition of 1876

Fisher Fine Arts Library window, with the quotation: "Some books are to be tasted, others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed and digested."

Digital photograph of the front of Fisher Fine Arts Library, University of Pennsylvania

1 photograph; 9.5 x 12 cm (3.75 x 4.75 in) print only
Looking north east toward the corner of 34th and Walnut streets, with part of Furness Library on the right (now the Anne and Jerome Fisher Fine Arts Library)

1 photograph; 23 x 15 cm (8.9 x 5.8 in)
(seated) Mrs. Delphine O. Richardson, librarian, Lucylle V. Robinson; (standing) Carl Jankiewicz

1 photograph; 24.4 x 19 cm (9.6 x 7.5 in)
Work space and five unidentified staff members

1 photograph: from glass slide; 26 x 20 cm (10 x 8 in)