VFL Then: Founders

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

VFL Then: Founders