Books, Billiards, and Bowling: Joint-Use According to Carnegie
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| Year of Publication |
1999
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| Contributors |
Author:
Martin Goldberg |
| Journal |
American Libraries
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| Volume |
30
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| Issue |
December
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| Pagination |
50-53
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| Annotation |
Examines three communities in Pennsylvania (Braddock, Homestead and Duquesne) where Carnegie helped to fund all-purpose facilities that combined libraries with other resources intended to help patrons exercise their minds and bodies. This included swimming pools, bowling alleys, billiard rooms, athletic fields, and music halls.
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