Boston Public Library's Online Store Opens New Entertainment Gallery

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Boston Public Library
Press Release
News and Events

Boston Public Library's Online Store Opens New Entertainment Gallery
September 5, 2003

Fenway Park might have Bruce Springsteen but the
Boston Public Library got the Beatles in 1964.

A new photograph gallery in the BPL's popular online store opened today
featuring images from the
Beatles' concerts at Boston Garden and
Suffolk Downs,
along with some of Boston's most famed entertainment venues.


The online gallery includes photographs of Beatles fans at
the old Boston Garden,
images of the old Howard
and Melodeon Theaters and
interiors shots of the long-closed Keith's Theater and the
Cocoanut Grove Nightclub.

The display features the many places both past and present
where Bostonians enjoyed theater, music and other entertainment.


The gallery is just one of the many that online visitors can search
electronically in the BPL's online store at
http://www.bpl.org/store

The galleries include more than 350 reproductions of many priceless and
rarely seen works of art and photographs available for sale to
history-lovers,
sports fans, and
collectors of all interests and budgets.


The BPL's Online Store was conceived and developed by the Boston Public Library
Foundation's Technology Task Force, led
by Bill Seibel, chairman and CEO of Demantra,
and made up of volunteer professionals from the
business,
technical and
telecommunications sectors.


Through their efforts, the BPLUs vast, world-class collections of thousands of
rare images can now be reproduced on clothing, mugs and posters.

The store features online access to digitized images of
antique maps,
vintage posters,
historic photographs,
priceless art,
rare books and
manuscripts and
other treasures.


Photographs of historic North End and Copley Square,
antique maps of 18th century Boston,
photos from BostonUs sports heritage,
including images from the first-ever World Series in 1903,
are now available and can be reproduced as
fine prints,
ceramic tiles,
note cards and
tote bags.


For more than 150 years, the Boston Public Library has pioneered public library
service in America with revolutionary ideas and famous firsts.

Established in 1848, the BPL was the
first publicly supported municipal library in America,
the first public library to lend books,
the first to have a branch library and the first to have a children's room.

Today, the BPL boasts
27 neighborhood branches,
free Internet access,
two unique restaurants,
an award-winning website at http://www.bpl.org
and an on-line store featuring reproductions of the
BPL's priceless photographs and artwork.

Each year, the BPL hosts nearly 5000 programs,
answers more than one million reference questions and
serves millions of people
in its National Historic Landmark McKim Building in Copley Square.

All of its programs and exhibits are free and open to the public.

At the Boston Public Library, books are just the beginning!
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Prepared by the Boston Public Library's Communications Office.
For more information about news, programs and events at the BPL,
call 617-859-2212
or send a message to the Communications Office
czannino at bpl dot org

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