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New Library Card Designs - Boise Public Library
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Check out our great new library card designs!  Now Boise residents can choose from seven designs when they get a new card.   Plus, they can get a one-time free trade-in for an older Boise Public Library card design (blue and white, green or gold). 

Each of the new designs includes the word "LIBRARY!" inside a thought bubble, capturing the excitement and adventure of the exclamation mark in LIBRARY!  The concept and designs were developed by Foerstel Design, a local graphic design firm. 

The original exclamation mark on our downtown library sign was the brainchild of Howard Olivier, who donated the exclamation marks for the two Main Library signs in 1995.  Howard is a longtime library supporter, former Library Board member, and the owner of Flying Pie Pizzaria

The new designs

A member of the carp family, the goldfish was one of the earliest fish to be domesticated. Some cultures associate them with serenity, wealth and happiness.

This pop art illustration is from the stock photo disc "Pop Life", by Paul Gilligan. Gilligan's work is inspired by Roy Lichtenstein and comic book artists of the '60s. 

Various theories have labeled Stonehenge a ritual site, an observatory, a calendrical device, and even the burial place of Celtic kings. Located on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England.

 

We don't have electronic rights to this image by Bruno Budrovic, but you can see the original image at
Getty Images http://tinyurl.com/36ages
 

Boisean Monty Stiles took this photo of an Amur tiger at Zoo Boise. Zoo Boise participates in a Species Survival Plan for this endangered species, Panthera tigris altaica.

 

 

The "bard" is often considered the greatest playwright of all time.  Check out 100 Famous Bardisms at http://www.enotes.com/shakespeare-quotes/; or the Shakespearean insulter at http://www.pangloss.com/seidel/Shaker/

 

Keepsies, the bronze sculpture of three lifesize children playing marbles, was created by renowned sculptress Ann LaRose. It was dedicated in 1987 as a public art piece by the Boise City Arts Commission, and is permanently located in the Grove in downtown Boise. Photo by Karen Bubb.

 

 

 

 

Last Updated:05/23/2008 Author: JMH

 
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