Information
Date
1955
Description
From the Beda and C. Norman Cornwall Photograph Collection (PH-00248). Las Vegas Public Library third anniversary open house. Reba McKinster, Librarian (second from left); Lillian Fleury (third from left); Beda Cornwall (third from right) and Mrs. Ernest King (second from right). On the sign, "The founding of a Library is one of the greatest things we can do... Everyone able to read a good book becomes a wiser man... A collection of good books contains all the nobleness & wisdom of the world before us. A collection of books is the best of all universities... Thomas Carlyle". Stamped on the back of the photograph, "City of Las Vegas Department of Recreation".
Digital ID
pho031920
Physical Identifier
0248_0044