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Library, San Pedro, California
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[LIB0351]
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Public Library, Pontiac, Michigan
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[LIB0187]
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1950s Nashua Public Library, New Hampshire
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[LIB0186]
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1970 Majestic Lions, Public Library, New York City, NY
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[LIB0177] - Two majestic lions guard the main entrance of the New York Public Library on Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets. A privately financed reference library, it is second in size only to the Library of Congress. It has been designated a City Landmark. [Back of the card]
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Public Library, Indianapolis, Indiana
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[LIB0161]
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1967 State Library, Hartford, CT
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[LIB0158] - State Library and Supreme Court building, Hartford, Conn. is located opposite the State Capitol. This building houses the Colonial Charter granted by Charles II, and many other historical items. [from the back of the card].
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Diane's Gallery Library, Palais de Fontainebleau, France
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[LIB0157] This item is available as a reproduction for purchase!
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James Prendergrast Free Library, Jamestown, NY
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Prendergrast Library, Jamestown NY 1920s Vintage by markomundo Browse other Prendergrast Postcards [LIB0154]
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1920s Public Library, Rockland, Maine
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[LIB0145] - Email me for details on obtaining reproduction of this vintage postcard!
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c1905 The Richards Free Library, Warrensburg, NY
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[LIB0144] - Email me for details on obtaining a reproduction of this vintage postcard!
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1908 Library, Millersville State Normal School, Pennsylvania
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[LIB2425] Millersville University was established in 1855 as the Lancaster County Normal School, the first state normal school in Pennsylvania. It subsequently changed its name to the Millersville State Normal School in 1859 and Millersville later became a state teacher’s college in 1927. It was renamed Millersville State College in 1959 and officially became Millersville University in 1983. [Thanks to Wikipedia]
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Memorial Library, Maplewood, NJ
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1909 Library, Lake Erie College, Painesville, OH
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[LIB0148]Oct 28, 1908 Murray Library was dedicated.
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Carnegie Library, Frankfort, Indiana
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[LIB0146] The Frankfort Community Public Library originated as a subscription library in 1884. Initially, the library began as a collection of books in a back room of some law offices at the court house. Then the collection was moved to the Council Chamber only to be moved once more to the High School building. The library stayed at the High School building for five years under the direction of superintendent of schools, Edwin S. Monroe. In 1905, Superintendent Monroe wrote a letter to Andrew Carnegie. Andrew Carnegie was a self-made man who made a fortune in the steel industry. He was known for his philanthropy and for his fervent advocacy of libraries. True to his reputation, he responded to Monroe with a donation of $24,000 towards the building of a new library. (Adjusted for inflation, $24,000 in 1905 is equivalent to $461,449.70 today.) Along with the support of Frankfort tax money, the library fi
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1940 Public Library, Elwood, Indiana
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[LIB2596]Construction on the new library began in 1903, the same year the natural gas supply was depleted and Elwood's gas boom ended. In July 1903, Mrs. Saylor was instructed to make an appeal to Mr. Carnegie for an extra $5,000 to complete the building and furnishings. In August, she reported Mr. Carnegie had agreed to the extra money provided that the city council would increase the annual tax levy to $3,000. The council approved, making the total cost of $30,000 for the city's fine, new library. [Thanks to the Elwood Public Library]
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Dennis Library, Newton, New Jersey, 1908
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[LIB2570] The offices and printing plant of the New Jersey Herald shared the first floor with the Post Office. The Newton Library Association occupied two rooms on the second floor, with a catalog of 2,500 volumes. Reverend Myron Barrett was the first librarian. A public hall in the third story accommodated 500 people. For a more comprehensive history of the library in Newton (NJ), read Lost Landmark: Library Hall by Kevin W. Wright.
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Public Library, Gouverneur, NY
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[LIB0911]The Gouverneur Union Library was incorporated in 1815, and through contributions of money and books from private collections at home and abroad, a valuable library was soon secured. The trustees were Rockwell Barnes, Israel Porter, Aaron Atwood, Richard Kimball, Benjamin Brown, Timothy Sheldon, Pardon Babcock, and Joseph Smith, all of whom served at one time or another. The library was eventually transferred to the High School and then to Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, where it was burned with that institution on the 1st of January, 1839, after being a means of untold good. [Thanks to history.rays-place.com]
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Public Library, New Haven, CT
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[LIB0891]1906-1911"Gentlemen:–If the City of New Haven will provide a suitable site for it, I desire to erect and present to the City a handsome, fireproof building for the Public Library." With these words, and a gift of $300,000, Mary E. Ives (Mrs. Hoadley Ives), became the founding mother of the present New Haven Free Public Library. The site, at the corner of Elm and Temple Streets where the Library stands today, was purchased by the city for $95,000. The architect, Cass Gilbert, designed the brick and marble building to harmonize with the traditional architecture of New Haven, and especially with the United Church nearby. The building was formally dedicated to the City of New Haven on May 27, 1911. [Thanks to the New Haven Public Library, www.cityofnewhaven.com/library]
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Lincoln Library, Springfield, Illinois
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Lithgow Library, Augusta, Maine
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1924 Public Library, 4th Ave and Madison St., Seattle, Washington
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[LIB0884] In 1902, the city purchased an undeveloped downtown block for $100,000. The new home for the library was bounded by Fourth and Fifth avenues and Madison and Spring streets. Six U.S. architects with substantial experience in library design — as well as every architect in the state of Washington — were invited to submit designs. In August 1903, the city selected a classic Beaux-Arts design prepared by German-born and trained architect P.J. Weber of Chicago. Construction of the 55,000-square-foot library began in spring of 1905. [Thanks to the Seattle Public Library, www.spl.org]
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1925 The Shrine in the Library of Congress, Washington DC
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[LIB0882]The Shrine, in the Library of Congress, where reposes the original of the Declaration of Independence and Constitution of the United States.
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Entrance Hall, Library of Congress, Washington DC
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1911 Carnegie Library, Syracuse, NY
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[LIB0880] One of the famous Carnegie libraries.
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