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Town: Alabama

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A "fly-brary," courtesy of the Deschutes Public Library, at the Redmond, Oregon, airport.
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  • Libraries

Looking at Libraries

  • Deborah Fallows
  • December 26, 2019
Continuing the photo essay about public libraries, which showed many examples of children’s rooms and adult spaces, this collection shows some of the multitude of activities happening at public libraries. It also…
At the airport in Demopolis, paper mill in the background. (Deborah Fallows)
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  • Travel

Flying Into the Deep South

  • Deborah Fallows
  • January 16, 2017
We woke up in Demopolis, Alabama, on day two of the final journey of our American Futures series for The Atlantic. We were one day out of Washington D.C. (first installment here)…
Tech Lab with pink 3-D printers at Birmingham’s Central Library (Deborah Fallows)
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  • Arts

The Treasures of Birmingham

  • Deborah Fallows
  • November 11, 2016
For almost a century, the local library has guarded its city's history.

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