Title	"Library called 'woefully indadequate'"
Date	1931-11-06
Subject	Universities and colleges College campuses Academic libraries Architectural photography
Organization-Building	University of Pennsylvania. Furness Hall
Geographic Subject	Philadelphia (Pa.) University City (Philadelphia, Pa.)
Description	"The library building at the University of Pennsylvania, which was criticised [sic] by Dr. Randolph G. Adams, a Penn alumnus, now librarian at the University of Michigan, in a report submitted to the annual convention of the Associated Pennsylvania Clubs in Detroit. It was declared the building was built 'in the very worst period of American architecture,' that it is in a bad state, and that roof leaks in places, causing damage to valuable books."
Original Notes	With clipping
Format	image/jp2
Type	photographs
Publisher	Philadelphia Evening Bulletin
Physical Description	1 photograph: sepia; 8.5 x 11 in.
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Repository	Temple University Libraries, Special Collections Research Center
Repository Collection	George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Collection
Collection ID	SCRC 170
Folder	Schools--(By Name-Higher)--Pennsylvania University--Buildings--Library
Digital Collection	George D. McDowell Philadelphia Evening Bulletin Photographs
Digital Publisher	Philadelphia PA: Temple University Libraries
Contact	scrc@temple.edu
Identifier	P511155B
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