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Young Readers at a New Library, 1962

A July 17, 1962 newspaper photograph shows young patrons at the newly opened library at Independence and Ninth Streets.

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Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library opening in 1962A July 17, 1962 newspaper photograph of young patrons at the newly opened Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library location at Independence and Ninth Streets.Image date: 1962-07-17

A newspaper photograph dated July 17, 1962, shows young patrons inside the newly opened Shamokin-Coal Township Public Library location.

What the Page Shows

The library then stood at Independence and Ninth Streets, giving the community another chapter in its changing history of public reading rooms.

Why It Matters

The children in the image turn an institutional opening into a human scene: a new public space already being used by the readers it was built to serve.