LOS ANGELES LIBRARY AND HISTORIC LIBRARIES (aakinal)

I love history.

There’s something special about identifying with people from the past…wondering if we had the chance to go back with today’s knowledge, would we have altered the future differently? When I wear vintage clothing like the dress I’m wearing – from the 1920′s, I imagine the life of the woman who wore it from the past. Will someone in the future be wearing my dresses?

History isn’t history. It isn’t gone forever or forgotten.

It remains tangible in vintage clothing, historic buildings and particularly books.

What better place to see history then this place….

The Los Angeles Public Library.

Built in 1926, this is the south side entrance. Nearly torn down, burnt to the ground, it stands strong today and hopefully for a very long time.

One of my favorite features of the entire building is this incredible ceiling.

And the illuminated chandelier globe adorned by zodiac symbols.

Books have the power to educate, enrich and transport you to an entirely new world. But the libraries that house them can also do that. Take a look at some of the most incredibly beautiful, ornate historic libraries around the world some centuries old. Let these rooms take your mind on an adventure into the past….

Vatican Apostolic Library, Vatican City, Italy built in 1587

Trinity College Library, Dublin, Ireland built 1592.

Joanina Library of University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal built 1723.

Library of Mafra National Palace Marfra, Portugal built in 1730.

The Codrington Library of Oxford University, Oxford, UK built 1751.

Admont Abbey Library in the Benedictine Monastery in Admont, Austria built in 1776

The National Library of France, Paris, France built in 1868

George Peabody Library of the John Hopkins University, Baltimore, USA built in 1878.

The Old Library at the Dutch House of Representatives, The Hague, Netherlands built in 1883.

The State Law Library of Iowa in Des Moines, USA built in 1884.

Riggs Library of Georgetown University, Washington, USA built in 1891.

The New York Public Library, New York City, USA built in 1911.

Harry Elkins Widener Memorial Library of Harvard University, Cambridge, USA built in 1915.

Michigan Law Library of University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, USA built in 1933.

That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings, that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong. — F. Scott Fitzgerald

What have you read today?

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