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Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection

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  • New Public Library, New Haven, Connecticut
    Image | 1907-1914No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New Public Library, St. Louis, Missouri
    Image | 1915-1930No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New Public Library, Taunton, Massachusetts
    Image | 1901-1907No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • New Rockingham Free Public Library, Bellows Falls, Vt.
    Image | 1916postmarked Oct 13, 1916. Highly faded.
  • New Smyrna Beach Public Library
    ImageCity Hall and Public Library, New Smyrna Beach, Fla.
  • New St. Paul Public Library and the J.J. Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, Minn.
    Image | 1917On Front: New St. Paul Public Library and the J.J. Hill Reference Library, St. Paul, Minn. Postcard was never mailed.
  • 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
    ImagePublic Library 5th Avenue and 42nd Street (N.Y.) City.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageNew York Public Library (N.Y.).
  • 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
    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.) 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
    Image | 1960On Fifth Avenue between 40th and 42nd Streets, a privately financed library second in size to the Library of Congress, as well as the Central Circulation Branch, Central Children's Room, and the Picture Collection." Postcard was never mailed.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "Bryant Park at 42nd Street and Avenue of the Americas is surrounded on all sides by towering skyscrapers. In the background is the rear of the New York Public Library." Postcard was never mailed
  • 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
    ImagePublic Library - Fifth Ave. & 42nd St. New York City. On Back: New York's Principal Public Library, located on Fifth Avenue and Forty-first Street, is the fourth largest library in existence, housing more than two and on-half millions of books and pamphlets. Carrere & Hastings designed the beautiful structure, which cost $9,000,000 to build. President William Howard Taft ded...
  • 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
    ImageFifth Ave. and 42nd Street with Public Library (N.Y.) City.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageNew York City Library.
  • New York Public Library
    Image40th. West of 5th Ave., facing Library and Bryant Park (N.Y.).
  • New York Public Library
    Image5159. The New York Public Library (N.Y.) City. On Back: Public Library. New York Public library is located on Fifth Avenue, covering two entire blacks from 40th to 42nd Streets. It is built entirely of marble and cost $9,000,000. The corner-stone was laid November 10, 1902, the Library was opened May 23, 1911. The pass1 stock room is 270 feet long, contains 1,6,000 volumes a...
  • 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
    ImageNew York Public Library Fifth Avenue at 42nd Street.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageThe Public Library Fifth Avenue and Forty-Second Street New York City
  • New York Public Library
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "Façade on The New York Public Library's landmark Stephen A. Schwarzman Building at Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street. Architects: Carrere & Hastings. Photograph copyright Don Pollard." 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
    Image | 1914On Front: New York Public Library, Art-Lover's New York -- Volland Views. Postcard was never mailed.
  • The New York Public Library
    Image | 1914On Front: The New York Public Library. Postcard was mailed November 14th, 1914.
  • The New York Public Library
    ImageThe New York Public Library.
  • New York Public Library
    ImagePublic Library, 5th Avenue and 42nd Street (N.Y.) City.
  • 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 (N.Y.) City. On Back: New York, N.Y. The Public Library at 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue.
  • New York Public Library
    ImageThe New York Public Library 5th Avenue and 42nd Street New York City.
  • 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
    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
    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.
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