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Dewey Decimal System

Card index showing use of the Dewey Decimal Classification system, the most widely used library classification system, devised by Melvil Dewey in the 1870s

Picture No

12007392

Media ID

46503725

Size

4732px x 3473px (4.2MB)

Credit

Mary Evans Picture Library

Source

Unattributed photograph

Date

1947

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Book or Journal
50.00 - 500.00

Magazine
50.00 - 400.00

Television
120.00 - 700.00

Website
65.00 - 90.00

Social Media
40.00 - 75.00

Brochures, Reports and Promotional Leaflets
60.00 - 350.00

Exhibition
45.00 - 290.00

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Classification Decimal Devised Dewey Drawer File Filing Index Libraries Melvil Searching Widely

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