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[[Image:vandalsphoto.jpg|thumb||left| Library Director James Sutton shows damaged picture..... click to enlarge ]] | [[Image:vandalsphoto.jpg|thumb||left| Library Director James Sutton shows damaged picture..... click to enlarge ]] | ||
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20lectures%20on%20temperance&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av= Two Lectures on Temperance] by John Smith. Andover Room R 178 Smi (Pamphlet box 3) | 20lectures%20on%20temperance&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av= Two Lectures on Temperance]] by John Smith. Andover Room R 178 Smi (Pamphlet box 3) | ||
Revision as of 17:58, 8 August 2012
John Smith, an Andover industralist, donated $25,000 to construct a public library in Andover in 1870.
His portait hangs in the reading room of the library. On May 18, 1997, a vandal ripped the portrait with an umbrella. The vandal was caught.
See
- Memorial Hall Library
- Original Art at Memorial Hall Library for a photo of the portrait.
- Andover Townsman, June 12, 1997, page 2
- Eagle Tribune, May 20, 1997.
- "Vandals Damage Painting at the Library, Andover Townsman, May 19, 1997, page 29.
[[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rresult.xml?rt=keyword&tp=keyword&t=two% 20lectures%20on%20temperance&ft=&l=5&d=0&f=&av= Two Lectures on Temperance]] by John Smith. Andover Room R 178 Smi (Pamphlet box 3)
--Eleanor 11:49, April 13, 2007 (EDT)
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