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HOLIDAY GIFT SALE BASED ON THE COLLECTIONS OF THE Boston Public Library
November 22, 2004

The Boston Public Library is hosting a Holiday Gift Sale in the Johnson Lobby of the main library at 700 Boylston Street, from December 2 to December 4.

The sale will include unique and reasonably-priced products that feature images from the BPL’s extensive photo, newspaper and vintage postcard collection. The items include:

• Vintage prints of Fenway Park scenes in 1912, 1934, and 1937, attractively matted for $20 each or $50 for a set of three.
• Fenway Park Holiday Card and Note Cards (boxed sets of 8)
• McKim Building Note Cards
• “Beantown Bear” Youth T-Shirts ($15)
• “First Marathon“ Adult T-Shirts ($15)
• BPL Adult T-Shirts ($15)
• BPL Tote Bag
• Wooden Book Stands
• And more!

The hours of the sale are Thursday, December 2 from 3 p.m. to 8 p.m., Friday, December 3 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Saturday, December 4 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

Can’t make it at any of these times? E-mail BPLGiftSale@i-concepts.org for information on how to order by mail or online. Volume discounts available on request.

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 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!

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.