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Street sign for Library Way
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571200556/

First bronze plaque for Library Walk. Telling organization behind plaques
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571199996/in/photostream/

Hemingway
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1584323274/

Two classes of books
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570369921/

Book tasting
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1584323372/in/photostream/

Compass
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571198542/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onetimeoffer/3892252139/in/photostream/

Truth
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570371979/in/photostream/

Information is Light
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onetimeoffer/3892260745/

Mind is an enchanting thing
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onetimeoffer/3892265035/

Marcus Aurelius Antoninus
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570371559/in/photostream/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claveirole/4095316934/in/photostream/

Words like freedom
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcl1964/4201386641/

Universe is made of stories
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1584323178/in/photostream/

Library Scene
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1584323232/in/photostream/

Backwards (words are all backwards but look in center of plaque for one phrase that is not)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/softpinkbunny/52128775/

A word is dead - Emily Dickinson
http://www.flickr.com/photos/45281327@N00/200655550/

Read from the treasured volume
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vergenceranges/3793871052/

Freedom of the press
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chelew/195843555/

Writing your name
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lulubooks/4451492744/

Tell the truth about yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1583677687/

Connecticut Yankee
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1583677695/in/photostream/

Through the looking glass
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1583677699/in/set-72157602442698234/

Reading of good books
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claveirole/4094555867/in/photostream/

Literature or chickens
http://www.flickr.com/photos/claveirole/4095293008/in/photostream/

Crumpled paper
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571197226/in/photostream/

Live several lives -- chalk outline
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571199326/

Treasured wealth
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571195060/

Nature and art
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571195324/

they ask me to remember
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571195420/in/photostream/

Waiting for Godot
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2571195726/in/photostream/

Poetry
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570369489/in/set-72157605559119632/

When you are old
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570369723/

John Greenleaf Whittier
http://www.flickr.com/photos/albaum/2570369093/

only two or three human stories
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1583677715/

Dylan Thomas
http://www.flickr.com/photos/14492454@N03/1583677709/in/photostream/

Strong wings
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcl1964/4202145292/

I want everybody to be smart
http://www.flickr.com/photos/gcl1964/4202139600/

I don't really read
http://www.flickr.com/photos/onetimeoffer/3893041404/

Secure the future
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11962312@N00/253820986/in/photostream/

Knowledge of different literatures
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11962312@N00/253820694/in/set-72157594301502384/

Where there is much desire to learn
http://www.flickr.com/photos/11962312@N00/253822267/in/set-72157594301502384/

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