Category: Library Talk

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We were pondering what picture to post for the column, and in the mail pops this donation! This picture is…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director While muddy and mucky outside, it is a relief from the snow and ice. We thought a random 1908 postcard…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Maddox Drug Co. did it again with an early postcard(1908) of a nearly frozen Ohio—looking much like the river did…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director In the early 1910s, it seems that any picture was fair game for a postcard! This AZO(1909-1914) postcard has no…

Looking through the Ripley Bee photos we have, this one was the “Reminisce With Us” for January 25, 1990. The caption reads “The year was 1942–These were…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We almost didn’t purchase this postcard since we have postcards of all three churches individually, but…this is postmarked 1910, making…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Not all early postcards used a photo or sketch of an area, but used a pleasant generic picture and added…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We were looking for a picture in the spirit of New Year’s Day and found in the January 16th 1986…

Brrrr! These pictures are from the January 17, 1994 20-inch snow, with a lovely layer of ice underneath. While it doesn’t look like we are going to…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director The Friday night kick-off to River Village Christmas was lovely, and having the library as the ‘center point’ with the…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director This picture was used in the December 5, 1985 Ripley Bee. 40 years ago! The caption is “Now comes the…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director The community Christmas tree was dropped off last week and we are thrilled with the lovely and large cedar that…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Happy Thanksgiving to all. This postcard was in a pile of cards donated to the library—never sent, so no names…