HU OSA 300-1-8:1/93

Reference Library of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty

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Still Image

English (Original)

The black and white prints of RFE/RL were donated to OSA by the Hoover Institute, California in year 2015. The images are duplicates of those held at Hoover. The originals, and most probably the negatives are with the donor as well. OSA only received the paper prints with captions, and digitized the entire collection in year 2018.

Not Restricted

photograph

Three woman and a man work in the reference section of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty library. One woman is sitting at a desk, two are standing by the shelves on both sides of the table, reading a newspaper and a periodical, respectively. The man is sitting at another desk in the background. All wear casual office clothes. By the opposite and right hand side walls there are ceiling high shelves full of books while by the left hand side wall there are stands for periodicals. The room is long and narrow, lit by neon lights. C.f. HU OSA 300-1-8:1/92, HU OSA 300-1-8:1/102. ORIGINAL CAPTION: Munich - The library at Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty contains more than 120,000 books, broken down by national collections reflecting the 21 different broadcast languages, that is, there are Polish, Bulgarian, Armenian, Russian et cetera collections. In addition there is a large reference section including three Russian encyclopedias and daily, weekly and monthly publications from both East and West.

238 x 176 mm ; b&w