Old Photograph Library Dundee Scotland

Old photograph of horses and carriages and people outside the library in Dundee, Scotland. Dundee was one of the first places in Scotland to provide its citizens with a free library, when in 1869 the Dundee Free Public Library opened within the city's Albert Memorial Institute which had been designed by George Gilbert Scott. Prior to establishing its Carnegie libraries Dundee had a two tier system of borrowers. New books were reserved for middle class subscribers who paid an annual subscription, while working class readers who could not afford the fees had to wait a year for the books to become available.



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