Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1926-09-12

! Requests from Chicago, New York
and Philadelphia have been filled by
the picture department of our Wash
! ington City Library. Two visiting con-
| tractors from Chicago borrowed every
| available picture of all types of
| houses from earliest times to 1900
! Films were made from these to de-
| pict the evolution of the home, as an
advertisement for the firm. In Win
| chester, Va, one may see the
Library's picture of George Washing
tons coat-of-arms as a crest over the
| doorway and on all the furniture-an
idea conceived by the architect. The
proprietor even wrote our Library for
| the history and significance of the
coat of-arms, from which he posted a
| short description throughout the
| hotel
William and Mary College has in
! the frieze about the dining room
| the story of Capt. John Smith,
| taken from our Library pictures. The
| Silhouette tea room in Philadelphia
designed it's trade mark and decorated
| it's interior from the Library's silhou-
cite pictures" In Virginia an artistic
windmill tea house was developed by
| an architect from windmill prints of
| the Library.
A Washington advertiser states
that he was saved a trip to Norfolk
| by obtaining a print of Hampton
| Roads from the Library Pictures of
steel and iron helped out two other
men, so that they were not obliged to
visit the steel works at Pittsburgh.
A lawyer came to the Library for
pictu/a Of a dress with cording on it
! about the date of 1879. His case in
volvkd a suit between two men, both
| claiming to have invented a cording
machine. The picture was obtained
and dress was copied from it to ex-
| hibit in court. The lawyer later re-
turned to tell the librarian that he
had won the case for his client.
| Laundries believe in advertising,
and they often aim high in choice of
subject. In their portraits famous
men are pictured as wearing starched
| collars.
Pictures of ROSTERS, hens and ducks
| are sought by the men and women
contemplating going into the business
of raising chickens and ducks.
IN tour of Washington, shops
| could be pointed out in nearly
every business street whose firms
| have patrOniZed the library for assist
ance. A jewelry store borrowed pic
! lures of Neptune for a naval order
design. A shoe shop featured alliga-
! tors in it's advertising. A candy place
! borrowed Dickens pictures. The May
flower Hotel on its magazine bears q
design from "Mayfiower" ship illustra-
tons.
! Theaters and producers cooperate
! with the library, often borrowing pic
| lures, and in turn presenting sets of
! photographs or advance publicity as
! to authors and actors. Margaret
! Anglin in BLEAK House" Julia Arthur
/ in Saint JOAN" Sothern and Marlowe
/ in Shakespearean repertoire, the NOV
| ing pictures of THE Ten Command
ments were some Of the sue
cessfully illustrated plays.
/ One might go on detailing the calls
for pictures, as re corded by Miss
Finney, who has made a careful study
of the scope and aims of this division.
The sets of famous artists are in con-
slant demand by the public schools
and university classes. A new branch
of Oriental art is now being started.
I Miss Finney also furnishes much
other interesting information. The
average monthly circulation in the
adult department of the library is
from 81 600 to 35 900 books. For the
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