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| Keywords: andrew carnegie andrewcarnegie foundation stone foundationstone waterford free library waterfordfreelibrary lady lane ladylane ireland october 1903 1900s poole collection poolecollection glass negative glassnegative a.h. poole ahpoole arthur henri poole arthurhenripoole stonemason mason patrick costen patrickcosten john harrison johnharrison sergeant at mace sergeantatmace people identified peopleidentified monday 19th 20th century 20thcentury waterford national library of ireland nationallibraryofireland people groupshot blackandwhite monochrome black and white This is millionaire industrialist and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, pictured with assembled dignitaries for the laying of the foundation stone of Waterford Free Library at Lady Lane - one of five free libraries in Waterford that Carnegie sponsored. Carnegie had arrived in Dublin on 18 October 1903 and stayed overnight in the Gresham Hotel, before travelling to Waterford. As well as laying the foundation stone, Carnegie received the Freedom of Waterford, before moving on to Limerick and Cork to lay foundation stones for free libraries in those cities. Date: Monday, 19 October 1903 NLI Ref.: P_WP_1313 This is millionaire industrialist and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, pictured with assembled dignitaries for the laying of the foundation stone of Waterford Free Library at Lady Lane - one of five free libraries in Waterford that Carnegie sponsored. Carnegie had arrived in Dublin on 18 October 1903 and stayed overnight in the Gresham Hotel, before travelling to Waterford. As well as laying the foundation stone, Carnegie received the Freedom of Waterford, before moving on to Limerick and Cork to lay foundation stones for free libraries in those cities. Date: Monday, 19 October 1903 NLI Ref.: P_WP_1313 This is millionaire industrialist and library philanthropist Andrew Carnegie, pictured with assembled dignitaries for the laying of the foundation stone of Waterford Free Library at Lady Lane - one of five free libraries in Waterford that Carnegie sponsored. Carnegie had arrived in Dublin on 18 October 1903 and stayed overnight in the Gresham Hotel, before travelling to Waterford. As well as laying the foundation stone, Carnegie received the Freedom of Waterford, before moving on to Limerick and Cork to lay foundation stones for free libraries in those cities. Date: Monday, 19 October 1903 NLI Ref.: <a href="http://catalogue.nli.ie/Record/P_WP_1313" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">P_WP_1313</a> ireland october mason monday 20thcentury waterford 19th 1900s 1903 andrewcarnegie glassnegative stonemason johnharrison ladylane foundationstone nationallibraryofireland ahpoole peopleidentified waterfordfreelibrary poolecollection arthurhenripoole patrickcosten sergeantatmace | ||||
