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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…

Colour slide showing the study area of the Boys and Girls department at Welland Public Library, c. 1963.

Colour slide showing the tools used to catalogue the metadata for new books at Welland Public Library, c. 1965.

Two colour slides showing two unidentified boys selecting books at the Welland Public Library, February 1965.

Colour slide showing two members of the stamp club in the Boys and Girls Department at Welland Public Library, c. 1970.

Colour slide of two young readers looking at books in the Boys and Girls Department at WPL, c. 1965.