[Library shelves buckled into to V-shape] [slide].

Title: 
[Library shelves buckled into to V-shape] [slide].

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Publisher: 
[Corning, N.Y. : Corning Museum of Glass, 1972]
Description: 
1 slide : b&w
Other Authors: 
Corning Museum of Glass.
Format of Material: 
Slides & Transparencies
Subjects: 
Corning Museum of Glass. Library Slides.
Floods New York (State) Corning Slides.
Books Conservation and restoration Slides.
Corning (N.Y.) History 20th century Slides.
Bib ID: 
125697
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Location: 
Slides
Call Number: 
Flood 1972 : Books : Damage BIB 125697
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Variant Title: 
Caption title in The Corning Flood: Museum Under Water : "Shelves expanded to V-shape."
Notes: 
Master slide.
When the Rakow Library was flooded on June 23, 1972, the books absorbed water and expanded. The shelves buckled and some of the books fell to the floor.
Image orientation: portrait.
Digitized from a slide by Boston Photo Imaging; The Corning Museum of Glass; 2011.
Slide is the property of the Rakow Library.
Image displayed in the exhibition titled "The Flood of '72: Community, Collections and Conservation", held at the Rakow Research Library, May 24, 2012-January 3, 2014.
Slide condition: Good.
Copies in drawer: 1
Copyright/License Note: 
Rights and Reproductions Manager.
Series: 
Images of 1972 flood
Flood 1972 : Books : Damage

Object/Material Note

Object/Material Note: 
Published in The Corning Flood: Museum Under Water, 28535 p. 22 (fig.22).