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Title: Library main reading room
Contributor: Unknown (Creator)
Contributing Institution: San José State University, Special Collections and Archives
Collection: San José State University Archives Photograph Collection
Rights Information: For more information on copyright or permissions for this image, please contact San Jose State University Special Collections & Archives department. http://www.sjlibrary.org/research/special/special_coll/index.htm
Description: Written on verso: "Jul Aug 41; Main Reading Room, Library 1941; Shows painting of Aurora (a copy of one by Guido Reni, fresco in Respigliosi Palace in Rome) gift of senior classes about 1907-1910." Photograph also shows students are studying at tables with card catalogs to the right.
According to the December 1905 edition of the Normal School Pennant, the Aurora painting cost $250.00 and the senior gift was started with $50.00 from the 1905 June graduating class with other graduating classes adding their share so the painting could be acquired.
Scanned with Microtek Scanmaker 1000XL Pro; as a 600 dpi TIFF image in 8-bit Grayscale. Auto Level image processing applied and compressed into JPEG format using Photoshop CS3.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
3 X 4 in.
Identifier: islandora:81_315
filename: ua_libraries_004
oclc: 601743150
islandora: 81_315
Language: English
Subject: Buildings
Campus Life
Allegorical paintings
Bookstacks
Reading rooms
Students
San Jose State College
Reni, Guido
Place: San Jose
California
Relation: San Jose State University Archives Photograph Collection

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