Ignore the camera, pretend to be working!

A rare indoor shot from Dr. Clarke for this one, with two National Library Staff (please note that there are no women) concentrating on their work! I'm not too sure what we can find out about it, but It does show how little has changed in the Reading Room in the interim...To all those who extended kind wishes for my recent surgery I would like to say they were much appreciated! I now have a new knee to keep me occupied and am making progress day by day. Thank you all!..As Carol Maddock ( /photos/47297387@N03/ ) and sharon.corbet ( /photos/scorbet/ ) point out, it is longstanding lore in Library Towers that this image captures Seán T. O'Kelly ( Se%c3%a1n_T._O'Kelly ) . One-time Library Towers employee (1898-1902), and later President of Ireland (1945-1959). While this story/theory has not been corroberated by today's inputs, it equally hasn't been discounted....Photographers: J. J. Clarke..Collection: Clarke Photographic Collection ( http://catalogue.nli.ie/Collection/vtls000168917 ) ..Date: Catalogue range c.1897-1904?..NLI Ref: CLAR71 ( vtls000168275 ) ..You can also view this image, and many thousands of others, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie ( http://catalogue.nli.ie )