VFL Then: Founders

Lowrie J. Daly, S.J. and Charles J. Ermatinger inspecting VFL microfilms, ca. 1955.

Lowrie J. Daly, S.J., founder of the Vatican Film Library, receives the St. Louis Award in 1957.

Charles J. Ermatinger, VFL Librarian, inspects a microfilm with a visitor, ca. 1955.

Groundbreaking of Pius XII Memorial Library, with Lowrie J. Daly at the podium.

Charles J. Ermatinger, at work on his DEC VT-520 computer, ca. 1995.

VFL reading room, ca. 1995, with original microfilm readers and draperies with Vatican insignia.

Father Linus J. Thro, S.J. (1913-2002), working at a VFL microfilm viewer, ca. 1995.

Front entrance of the Vatican Film Library, ca. 1995.