University Library, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

The items in the Digital Collections of the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Library contain materials which represent or depict sensitive topics or were written from perspectives using outdated or biased language. The Library condemns discrimination and hatred on any grounds. As a research library that supports the mission and values of this land grant institution, it is incumbent upon the University Library to preserve, describe, and provide access to materials to accurately document our past, support learning about it, and effect change in the present. In accordance with the American Library Association’s Freedom to Read statement, we do not censor our materials or prevent patrons from accessing them.

If you have questions regarding this statement or any content in the Library’s digital collections, please contact digitalcollections@lists.illinois.edu

American Library Association’s Freedom to Read Statement

Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility at the University Library

Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection

Year
Coverage-Spatial
Type
Subject
Theme
Language
Collection Title
Repository
Showing 1481–1520 of 2,447 items
  • New Rockingham Free Public Library, Bellows Falls, Vt.
    Image | 1916No caption on back. Postcard was mailed
  • New Smyrna Beach Public Library
    ImageCity Hall and Public Library, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
  • New Thayer Public Library, Braintree, Mass.
    Image | 1970No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York, Lenox Library
    ImageOn Front: New York, Lenox Library. On Back: LENOX LIBRARY. The Lenox branch of the N.Y. Public Library was erected by James Lenox at a cost of over $1,000,000 and endowed, by him with a permanent fund of $250,000. The Library is a treasure house of rare and curious volumes, specimens of early printing, and other artistic productions. Its Fifth Avenue front is 92 feet. Postca...
  • New York Library and 42nd Street Skyline
    ImageNo. 11 (N.Y.) Library and 42nd Street Skyline
  • New York Public Library
    Image | 1999A view from Bryant Park of the west facade of The New York Public Library and the newly restored ceiling of the Rose Main Reading Room.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageNew York City Library.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.) City. On Back: New York Public Library. The magnificent building of the library of New York is located at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. It was built in 1911 at a cost of $9,000,000 and contains spacious reading rooms, exhibition rooms and art galleries. Its book collections are priceless.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.) City. On Back: Public Library (N.Y.), N.Y. New York Public Library is located on Fifth Avenue covering two entire blocks from 40th to 42nd Street. It is built entirely of marble and cost $9,000,000. The corner stone was laid Nov. 10th, 1902 the library was opened May 23rd, 1911. The pass1 stock room is 270 feet long, contains 1,600,000 volumes and has 7...
  • New York Public Library
    ImageCentral Building -- The New York Public Library. On Back: The New York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (N.Y.) City.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.). On Back: Rotary Photographic Series.
  • The New York Public Library
    ImageOn Front: The New York Public Library From a pencil drawing by Louis H. Ruyl. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "Public Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street (N.Y.) City." Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageFacade of the Humanities and Social Sciences Library of The New York Public Library, designed by Carrere and Hastings and opened to the public in May of 1911.
  • New York Public Library
    Image | 1960New York Public Library
  • New York Public Library
    Image42nd Street, showing Bryant Park and Public Library (N.Y.). On Back: Looking East on 42nd Street. One of New York's busiest thoroughfares and center of retail trade. Bryant Park, the site of the Crystal Palace was named in memory of William Cullen Bryant, whose statue stands under a small dome in the rear of the library.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.). On Back: Public Library (N.Y.). Public Library located on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. Covers two entire city blocks and is built entirely of marble and cost nine million dollars. Opened for public use May 23, 1911, and contains over two million volumes and is said to be the most complete library in the country.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageThe N.Y. Public Library and Fifth Avenue. On Back: Fifth Avenue, between 40th St. and 42nd St. At the left is the New York Public Library, occupying two entire blocks, built entirely of marble and costing over $9,000,000. This is the heart of New York's fashionable shopping district and one of the busiest traffic centers in the world.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageThe Public Library Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street New York City
  • The New York Public Library
    ImageThe New York Public Library.
  • New York Public Library
    Image | 1910No caption on the back. Postcard was mailed July 22, 1910.
  • New York Public Library
    Image70700 New York Public Library (N.Y.).
  • New York Public Library
    Image40th. West of 5th Ave., facing Library and Bryant Park (N.Y.).
  • New York Public Library
    ImageLooking up Fifth Avenue from N.Y. Public Library. This is one of the most famous streets in the world. It extends from Washington Square north to the Harlem River at 143rd Street. It is a street of exclusive shops and clubs, towering skyscrapers and magnificent churches.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.) City. On Back: Public Library. New York, N.Y. New York Public Library is located on Fifth Avenue covering two entire block from 40th to 42nd Streets. It is built entirely of marble and cost $9,000,000. The corner stone was laid Nov. 10, 1902 and the library was opened May 23rd, 1911. The pass1 stock room is 270 feet long, contains 1,600,000 volumes and ...
  • The New York Public Library
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY / New York, N.Y. Located at Fifth Ave. and 42nd Street it is one of the most attractive buildings in the city and is a museum of rare editions, prints, sculptures and paintings as well as a research and circulating library." Postcard was never mailed
  • The New York Public Library
    ImageNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York Public Library
    Image | 1914No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York Public Library
    Image123:--Public Library. New York City. On Back: Public Library (N.Y.). Public Library is located on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. Covers two entire city blocks, is built entirely of marble and cost nine million dollars. Opened for public use May 23, 1911, and contains over two million volumes and is said to be the most complete library in the country.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageNew York Public Library, Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street (N.Y.) City. On Back: Public Library (N.Y.). The Public Library on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street, covers two city blacks. Said to be the most complete library in the country, it contains over two millions volumes. It is built of white marble, cost nine million dollars and was opened to the public May 23, 1911.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.) City. On Back: Public Library (N.Y.). Public Library is located on 5th Avenue and 42nd Street. Covers two entire city blocks, is built entirely of marble and cost nine million dollars. Opened for public use May 23, 1911, and contains over two million volumes and is said to be the most complete library in the country.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library, 5th Avenue (N.Y.) City. On Back: New Public Library. The new library, at Fifth Avenue from 40th to 42nd Streets, occupies the site of the old Croton Reservoir. It was built at a cost of $9,000,000. The cornerstone was laid Nov. 10th, 1902, and the building was opened to the public May 23rd, 1911. It contains over 1,500,000 books, with room for 1,000,000 more.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageThe New York Public Library -- Central Building -- Main Reading Room. On Back: The New York Public Library, 476 Fifth Avenue (N.Y.) City.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street (N.Y.) City.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageFifth Ave. and 42nd Street with Public Library (N.Y.) City.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.) City. On Back: New York's Principal Public Library, located at Fifth Avenue and Forty-first Street, is the fourth largest library in existence, housing more than two and one-half millions of books and pamphlets. Carrere & Hastings designed the beautiful structure, which cost $9,000,000 to build. President William Howard Taft dedicated it in 1911.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library (N.Y.).
  • New York Public Library
    ImageNew Public Library and 5th Ave. (N.Y.)
  • New York Public Library
    ImageThe New York Public Library 5th Avenue and 42nd Street New York City