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Title: Library's "self service" system in 1931
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Date Created and/or Issued: 1931
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photo of Los Angeles Public Library's book borrowing, "Self Service" system. The borrower, after selecting the book wanted, writes on the library's book card, left, their library card number, as shown by the numbers circled. The librarian then stamps on both cards the date the book is due back to the library. The new process eliminates delays and standing in line, officials say.August 19, 1931.
Type: Image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00039793
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1145
CARL0000043233
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15136
Subject: Los Angeles Public Library
Los Angeles Public Library--Officials and employees
Libraries--California--Los Angeles
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs

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