Category: Library Talk

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Thumbing through our folders of Ripley Bee pictures of late January from years gone by… we had to share this…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Not a real old postcard, but fun and still available at Bristow’s. This one is postmarked 1987. The pen and…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Went looking for a January photo from the past. This is a before and after renovation, but…try to figure out…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Another mid-1990s photo showing a part of a building on Main. . Located at the corner of Easton Alley and…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Looking out the front door of the Ripley Library, we can see the nice, trim Studio 28 building. In our…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Once again, cards sent to a Ripley resident many years ago. The top card isn’t postmarked, but has a stamp…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director While not of Ripley, these holiday postcards were sent to a Ripley resident many years ago. The top card was…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Busy week! The Ripley library will the center of festivities this coming weekend, with the tree lighting starting off on…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director The walks to the library this week have been very winter-like, so we thought we’d look for a winter scene,…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director We couldn’t find a fun Thanksgiving picture, and figured everyone would be busy this week, so…just a little history on…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director With the leaves falling, the Rankin House is now more visible from downtown Ripley, but we thought a 1914-1916 postcard…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director This is one of our earliest postcards. Postmark is 1906, and that the reverse is only for the address also…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director This intriguing photograph, a recent gift to the library, is a prime example of the importance of identifying the subject.…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director It seems that the village of Ripley has always had an inventive vibe with creative ideas to solve a problem.…

From the desk of Alison Gibson, Director Here’s another recently gifted postcard to the library collection. While we had the ‘green tint’ postcard of the same picture,…