[John S. Billings and Thomas W. Wise in Library Hall]
- Collection:
- Images from the History of Medicine (IHM)
- Publication:
- Produced: [1887]
- Format:
- Still image
- Subject(s):
- Libraries, Medical Billings, John S. (John Shaw), 1838-1913. Army Medical Library (U.S.)
- Genre(s):
- Photographs
- Abstract:
- Interior view of Library Hall in the Army Medical Museum and Library, where John S. Billings is seated at a reference table and Thomas W. Wise is standing near a desk. Three-tier stacks are in the background and there are 4 portraits hanging on the gate of the second tier. Image caption on page 35 of the book US National Library of Medicine: "Thomas Washington Wise, manager of library operations, stands to the left of the desk in the new Library Hall in 1887, as John Shaw Billings sits at a reference table. Billings involved himself with the smallest details of the library's planning, including the architectural designs for book shelving and retrieval. A dumbwaiter, or book lift, located at the right end of the stacks enabled staff to move books from one floor to another."
- Copyright:
- The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain. (More information)
- Related Title(s):
- US National Library of Medicine
- Extent:
- 1 photograph : image 17 x 21 cm, on mount 20 x 26 cm
- Technique:
- albumen, black and white
- NLM Unique ID:
- 101445634 (See catalog record)
- NLM Image ID:
- A017046
- Permanent Link:
- http://resource.nlm.nih.gov/101445634