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Children’s room

10 February 1920

Circulation desk of the Library, circa 1920

Children’s room

10 February 1920

Circulation desk of the Library, circa 1920

Atrum post bellum, ex libris lux

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The American Library in Paris seal and motto.

“After the darkness of war, the light of books.” The American Library’s motto figures to this day on bookplates in every book in the Library’s collection.

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