Three men at dusting books
Digital ID: 1153325. Date depicted: 1913
Source: New York Public Library Visual Materials / Lantern Slides /
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Exile Bibliophile, coen peppelenbos, krisnelson, cindiann, and 17 other people added this photo to their favorites.
BobMeade (54 months ago | reply)
I think the two men at left are in prison garb, and the man at right is in guard's or warder's uniform.
When looking at the associated photograph www.flickr.com/photos/nypl/3109284623/in/set- 721576109675...
I wondered why they were flicking the dust onto the books carefully laid on the ground, but now I see that they are using a type of vacuum device with a brush head.
We can see the hose attached to the head, and extending behind the men at right.
BigBean (53 months ago | reply)
Hi, this photo has been mentioned in a discussion thread in the Flickr Commons group, and we'd love to have this added to the group pool!
Lisanne! (53 months ago | reply)
I seldom see dust in libraries. Is that mainly because of ventilation systems? Or do they still literally dust the shelves?
Lú_ (52 months ago | reply)
This image has been used in Rob Ketcherside's indicommons.org 'Across the Commons' post Clean Up Yer Mess. (When I worked in libraries, we read the shelves, but I don't think we every dusted them.)