A. Z. Fell and Co.

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This week’s #toolsofthelibrarytrade highlights multiple facets of what we use in our library as well as a story of rediscovery. First, this library step stool was originally made for the Library Company’s Juniper building, which has since been torn down. When LCP left that location we did not want to take the step stool with us, so it went to antiques dealer. One of LCP’s donors, David Doret, found this stool and returned it to us. Now it is part of our Art & Artifacts Collection. 

The next step in this stool’s journey was to photograph the stool for the online catalog. As shown in the image, we could not accommodate the dimensions of the stool seamlessly with our studio, but a little Photoshop magic went a long way without jeopardizing the integrity of the artifact.  

OBJ-013. Library step stool. Gift of David Doret.