[Photograph 2012.201.OVZ001.0009]

Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma City Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City's new main library will have a formal opening and dedication Sunday, although it has been open with temporary furniture since July. An openhouse is scheduled at 1:30 p.m. Sunday at NW 3 and Robinson, before dedication ceremonies at 3 p.m. The openhouse will continue until 6 p.m., Clarence Paine, city libraries director, sad Thursday. The Charles E. France room, special attraction of the new 5-floor building, will be opened to the public for the first time Sunday. Dedicated to Past A room dedicated to preserving Oklahoma City's past, it is named for the man who concieved the idea before his death. A protriat of France, painted by Dick Goetz, will be unveiled at the dedication of the special room at 2 p.m. The painting, which will hang in the room decorated with Victorian furnitures and fixtures, was commissioned by Sylvan N. Goldman, chain grocer...Mrs. Walter L. Gray, president of the city library board, will preside at the 3 p.m. ceremonies dedicating the new library building. Kermit Hardwick, board member, will present 13 lifetime "patron cards," the first ever given, as part of the ceremony.