From the photog's lead-in article on BusinessInsider.com:
"Imagine if search engines like Google didn't exist. How would you find answers to your questions pre-Internet?
Well, you'd probably have to go to the library and do some research. That, or ask a librarian to do it for you.
The New York Public Library recently discovered an archive of reference questions that people asked its librarians back in the last century..."
http://www.businessinsider.com/funny...ng-questions-1
I started reading these before bed last night. Pretty funny stuff. Some not so funny. I had no idea being a librarian in the 20th century would have been so interesting and abnormally personal.
These are a few of my favorites:
"If a poisonous snake bites itself, will it die?" - Sept 22, 1949
[A woman looking for] "inspirational material on grass and lawns." - June 8, 1955
Arvhived Questions from the New York Public Library ~ pre-Google.
