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Title
Blanche
Hammond
and
Katherine
Abbott
Description
Photograph
of
Blanche
Hammond
and
Katherine
Abbott
,
staff
members
,
Omaha
Public
Library
. The
women
are
laughing
,
leaning
against
an
automobile
.
Blanche
Hammond
, on the
left
,
is
wearing
a
dark-colored
,
middy
style
jacket
, with
white
stripes
edging
the
sleeves
,
collar
, and
pocket
.
Katherine
Abbott
, on the
right
,
is
wearing
a
white
blouse
and
checked
skirt
.
(Middle
row
,
right-hand
photo
, on
album
page.)
Digital Publisher
Omaha Public Library
Date
1918-1919
Subject
Hammond, Blanche
Wilson, Katherine Abbott
Librarians
Public libraries -- Nebraska -- Omaha
Omaha Public Library
Photographs
Digital Format
image/tif
Image Number
lib_00048-7
Source
Photograph
;
b&w
;
3.5
x
4.5
cm
.
Rights
https://omahalibrary.org/policies/fee-schedule-for-license-of-high-resolution-digital-images/
Historical Notes
Blanche
Hammond
began
work
at the
library
in
1894
after
high-school
graduation
. She
took
library
classes
at the
University
of
Wisconsin
in
summer
school
. She was
head
of
Circulation
, was an
alternate
in the
Reference
and
Reading
Rooms
, and was in
charge
of the
Children's
Room
for
one
year
before
becoming
a
cataloger
in
1899
(all
at
Main
Library)
. She
retired
in
December
,
1949
.
Katherine
Abbott
was
born
in
Wyoming
,
Nebraska
, in
about
1881
, and
graduated
from
South
Omaha
High
School
. She
worked
five
years
in the
South
Omaha
Library
, a
year
(1916-17)
in the
U.S
.
Bureau
of
War
Risk
Insurance
and
American
Red
Cross
Headquarters
in
Washington
,
D.C.
,
one
year
at the
University
of
Chicago
High
School
Library
with
Hannah
Logasa
,
former
Omaha
Public
Library
employee
(1921-22)
, and
seven
years
at
Omaha
Public
Library
in the
reference
and
circulation
departments
, and as
head
of the
catalog
department(1919-1921)
. She
attended
the
School
of
Library
Science
at the
Pratt
Institute
,
Brooklyn
,
N.Y.
,
(1924-25)
and
resigned
from
Omaha
Public
Library
in
September
,
1925
. She
married
William
Wallace
Wilson
in
November
,
1926
.
Object File Name
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