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Two colour slides showing students studying in the Boys and Girls Department during a class visit to the Welland Public Library, February 1965.

Colour slide showing students studying in the reference section of the Adult Services Department of Welland Public Library, c. 1966.

Colour slide showing students using the card catalogue during a class visit to the Welland Public Library, c. 1963-1966.

Two colour slides showing a group of students waiting for a slide show during a class visit to the Welland Public Library, c. 1963.

Colour photograph of Tammy MacIver and Marilyn Pokol at the Welland Public Library Puppet Club, c. 1973.

Colour slide showing two tapestries created by Ross School students on display at Welland Public Library, c. 1963-1966.

Three colour slides showing the technical and reference books in the Adult Department of Welland Public Library, c. 1966.

Black and white photograph of ten-year-old Mark Loranger composing a title page as part of a program at the Welland Public Library, c. 1976.

In December 1998, WPL had added two new Internet workstations open in the Reference Department.
As a key information finding tool, this service allowed for free unfiltered access to Welland Library card holders.
By 1999, the library began…

We've explored the history of WPL in the 1800s, now we move onto the 1900s!
In 1910, the first consideration and negotiation for a Carnegie Library began. In 1921, The Carnegie Foundation promised the City of Welland $20,000 to provide a Free Public…