The Old public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Interior of the Old Main building- The public library of Cincinnati and Hamilton

 The Main Hall featured five tiers of cast-iron alcoves that housed over 200,000 books.

These images are of the Old Building of the original Cincinnati and Hamilton country Library. In 1874 the Public library of Cincinnati moved into the small building originally meant to be an opera house, Sadly by the 1950's the library outgrew the building and it was knocked down. So sad.... espcially when you look at its grim replacement....

Browsing a Book Shop...

From Pinterest

This made me smile. Happy Monday :)

Current Obsession: Botanical Wall Charts

Flax Botanical Print, Reproduction of an Educational chart from Wallography

Wallography Vintage educational Prints: Cherry Tree

Wallography : Dog Rose

Three Botanical prints

Wallography: Male Fern

If I could turn back time, I would have paid more attention in school and Studied Botany and become chief Botanist at Kew Gardens, it would all be very romantic and I would have a Rose named after me..... but I didn't and so I am not and so there isn't..... I did however study Photography at university and spent my final year taking pictures of Plants and insects (mainly beetles and moths), inspired by old botanical and scientific prints and have always promised myself that one day I will get a half-sleeve black and white tattoo of botanical images...

...So these wall charts from Wallography that have been popping up all over Pinterest have caught my eye, in particular the Flax and of course The Fern (my current favorite plant). They were illustrated in the 1890's and updated in the 50's  and were originally designed for educational purposes as classroom aids and are now becoming an 'iconic piece of scientific art'. I just think they are really pretty and would look great in my office above my desk... What do you guys think?

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