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This is a picture of
the first "stacks" collection of books of the
Atchison County library. It was taken by my
mother in 1945 after the library had been set up on
the ground floor of the county courthouse. It
shows my two brothers, Graham (white shirt) and
Donald Bell (striped shirt), perusing the books in
the collection which consisted of one small bookcase
and one box of books. I have tried to contact
the library about this photo but have not been able
to find any e-mail address for them. I would
be very happy to send them a copy of the photo it
they are interested.
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| There is more to the story. My picture was also taken looking at the books with my friend, Ann Stapleton. We were five or six years old at the time. That picture was used by the newspaper for a front page story about the new library service. So it would be in the morgue of the paper if it exists. |
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My parent's names were Charles and Billie Bell. We lived across the street from the courthouse and daddy owned the bank there.
Charlene (Bell) Dietz
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