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JAN
25
1950s, Marin County Free Library Bookmobile, Marin County, California
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JAN
25
LIB149273
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DEC
01
Public Library, San Jose, California
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DEC
01
LIB497263
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JAN
09
Public Library, Veterans Park, Redondo Beach, California
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JAN
09
LIB076571 Designed by the noted architect Lovel Bearse Pemberton, the new Spanish/Dutch colonial building in Veterans Park on the Esplanade (above, center) was dedicated on July 2, 1930, and this iconic structure served as the main library for the city for sixty years. In 1981 it was placed on the National Register of Historic Places.
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FEB
20
Library, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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FEB
20
LIB384579
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FEB
17
Library, University of California, Berkeley, California
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FEB
17
LIB711800
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JAN
10
Library, Salinas, California, 1908
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JAN
10
LIB963619
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AUG
06
Carnegie Library, San Jose, California
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AUG
06
[LIB11284] - This library opened in 1908 and is the last Carnegie library in Santa Clara County still operating as a public library. It is a part of the San José Public Library.
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AUG
06
1906, Santa Ana, California
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AUG
06
[LIB11277]
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APR
16
Carnegie Library, Santa Rosa, California
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APR
16
[LIB11270] - Santa Rosa's library history includes several short-lived libraries between 1859 and formation of the Santa Rosa Library Association in 1875. An 1878 offer of this library to the city under the Rogers Act was declined; it was 1884 before the combined efforts of women's organizations and the newspaper editor succeeded in the city taking over the library and providing space in City Hall. In 1890 Santa Rosa hired the county's first professional librarian, Bertha Kumli, who guided the Carnegie project through from the application for $35,000 and acceptance of the offered $20,000 in March, 1902. Community leaders purchased a lot and Sacramento architect E. M. Hoen designed the building in the Romanesque style. The builder was William Peacock of San Francisco. The cornerstone was laid on April 14, 1903 and the building opened on March 10, 1904. Miss Kumli next joined the State Library and achieved a statewide reputation for her work for the county library system and in helpin
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APR
09
Carnegie Library, Long Beach, California
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APR
09
[LIB11260] The books of an early WCTU library became the nucleus of the Long Beach Library Association in 1895. The city incorporated two years later and the library, which had occupied a succession of locations, moved to city hall in 1899. It became a free and tax-supported library in 1902, the same year that a Carnegie inquiry was first made. In 1908 the city was offered $12,500. After much controversy a site was purchased, and the city committed itself to $3,000 annually from city taxes. There followed an extensive correspondence with Carnegie, and finally the amount was increased to $30,000; the library ultimately cost $34,000. The architect, F. P. Burnham designed the building in the Classical Revival style. The builder was Weymouth Crowell. The cornerstone was laid September 5, 1908, the building was opened to the public on May 19, 1909, and was dedicated on June 15. A new library was already being planned in 1972 when the old library was damaged by fire; the old building was
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MAR
09
Library, Paso Robles, California
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MAR
09
1907 The Ladies Auxiliary petitions Andrew Carnegie for funds to erect a suitable building. They are granted $10,000 if the city guarantees $1,000 yearly support for the library. The Trustees agree. Plans by architect W. H. Weeks of Watsonville are adopted and a construction contract is awarded to R. O. Summers of San Jose. Work begins in November. 1908 The cornerstone of the Carnegie Library is laid on January 28. The old library is now home to the Historical Society. A new library building was opened 1995. [LIB11231]
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MAR
09
Library Interior, Stanford University, Palo Alto, California
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MAR
09
[LIB11228] - Following the 1906 resignation of Charles Hodges as University architect, the Beaux Arts-trained firm of John Bakewell and Arthur Brown Jr. was selected to design the new library and a new quadrangle adjacent to the Main Quadrangle.
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NOV
17
Packard Library, Marysville, California
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NOV
17
[LIB11193] - This structure was a gift from John Q. Packard to the City of Marysville in appreciation of his successful business. Marysville had the first municipal library west of the Mississippi in 1857. [Website]
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NOV
07
1927, Blanchard Memorial Library, Santa Paula, California
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NOV
07
[LIB11188]
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NOV
07
Carnegie Library, Grass Valley, California
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NOV
07
[LIB11187] - Opened in 1916, still in use as a public library.
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NOV
07
Dean Hobbs Blanchard Library, Santa Paula, California
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NOV
07
[LIB11180] - Mr. Blanchard was one of the charter members of the Central Pacific Railroad and a moving spirit in every project destined to prove of benefit. He and Mrs. Blanchard gave to the town of Santa Paula the Dean Hobbs Blanchard Memorial Library in honor of their first child. [Website]
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OCT
04
Public Library, Martinez, California
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OCT
04
On the National Register of Historic Places, the contemporary image is from Wikipedia, 2009.[LIB11151]
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OCT
04
Public Library, Julian, California
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OCT
04
[LIB11146] Part of the San Diego Library System.
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OCT
04
1908 Public Library Interior, Pomona, California
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OCT
04
[LIB11139]
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OCT
03
Carnegie Public Library, Colton, California
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OCT
03
[LIB11135] The Carnegie building is the only example of public architecture of its period remaining in Colton. The temple style Classical Revival building, with pediment and columns, is sited in a parklike setting near other civic buildings in a generally commercial area.Its two fireplaces and skylight above central rotunda are indicative of its early period; guidelines issued soon after its construction encouraged more austere buildings. The fast growing railroad town of Colton had not established a public library prior to its 1906 application for Carnegie funding, although it had been advocated by the Colton Women's Club as early as 1902. When $10,000 was approved, the City Council promptly appointed a library board of trustees. The building, one of eight Carnegies designed by architect Franklin P. Burnham and built by Kaiser and Loomis, served as both library and community center. After a new library was constructed in 1982, the Carnegie was carefully restored
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OCT
03
Carnegie Public Library, Hollister, California
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OCT
03
[LIB11134] The low, one story Hollister Carnegie building, Classical in style, is constructed of concrete scored to resemble granite block. This contributes a sense of stability in an area where earthquakes are not rare. Set far back from the street and at some distance from adjacent buildings, its site on Fifth Street between San Benito and Monterey streets is part of downtown Hollister's designated National Historic District. It was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992. [Website] Currently the building is operated as the City Hall.
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JUN
30
1913, Carnegie Library, Eureka, California
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JUN
30
[LIB11098] - The Carnegie Free Library in Eureka, California was built in Classical Revival Style in 1902. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1986, and currently houses the Morris Graves Museum of Art. Street Scene, Eureka, California Vintage Post Card by markomundo Browse other Vintage Postcards
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MAY
27
Smiley Library, Redlands, California
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MAY
27
[LIB11048]
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MAY
22
Library, Glendale, California
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MAY
22
[LIB11041]
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