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Holland
Library
ca.
1955
Date
ca.
1955
Description
Looking
East
at
Holland
Library's
most
distinctive
detail
: a
30-foot
high
statue
on the
West
side
,
near
the
original
main
entrance
. This
statue
was
designed
by
Seattle
artist
Dudley
Pratt
, and
officially
named
"The
Reader.
"
It
was
carved
in
Bedford
,
Indiana
, the
source
of the
limestone
used
on this and
several
other
campus
buildings
,
especially
Todd
Hall
and
Smith
Gym
. The
statue
has
long
been
known
informally
as "
Nature
Boy.
"
Sidewalks
comprise
the
foreground
while
two
large
trees
flank
Holland
Library
. A
1950s-era
car
is
present
to the
right
.
Holland
Library
was
built
between
1948
and
1950
, and was
named
after
the
former
Washington
State
College
President
Ernest
O
.
Holland
.
Designed
by
John
Maloney
,
Holland
Library
was
one
of the
first
buildings
to be
constructed
with
modern
functional
architecture
.
Maloney
also
designed
other
buildings
on
campus
such
as
Todd
Hall
,
Compton
Union
Building
, and
Johnson
Tower
.
Subject
Campus buildings--Washington (State)-Pullman
Libraries--Washington (State)-Pullman
Location depicted
Pullman, WA
Type
Photographic prints
Rights
For permission to publish please contact Washington State University Libraries, Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections (509) 335-6691.
Neg. number
78-458
Collection number
PC-3
Repository
Manuscripts, Archives, and Special Collections, Washington State University Libraries:
http://www.wsulibs.wsu.edu/holland/masc/masc.htm
Format
Original photographic prints were scanned as 300 dpi TIFF files on a Microtek 9600XL or Agfa Arcus II scanner. 72 dpi JPEG files were then added to the CONTENTdm database at the WSU Libraries.
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