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Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection

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  • Walterboro Public Library
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "This historic building, the old public library, has been preserved in Walterboro, South Carolina, and functions, to date, in its original housing, erected prior to 1820." Postcard was never mailed
  • The Warder Public Library, Springfield, Ohio
    Image | 1930No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • The Warner Library, Tarrytown, N.Y.
    ImageNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • Warren Public Library, Warren, Ohio
    Image | 1975Caption on the back reads: "WARREN PUBLIC LIBRARY; 444 Mahoning Ave. N.W.; Warren, Ohio; From an original collection of 194 books in the corner of a room in 1888 has come a large, modern institution of 140,000 volumes. The beautiful, new library building was dedicated April 1971. Books and services are free to all residents of Trumbull County. Open daily 9 - 9; Saturday 9 -5...
  • Washington County Free Library
    ImageWashington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Md.
  • Washington County Free Library
    Image | 1921Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Md.
  • Washington Memorial Library, Macon
    Image | 1941Washington Memorial Library, given to the city of Macon by Mrs. E.W. Bellamy and equipped in 1924 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It is located a few blocks from the downtown district and is just across the street from Wesleyan College.
  • Washington Memorial Library, Macon
    Image | 1929Washington Memorial Library, given to the city of Macon by Mrs. E.W. Bellamy and equipped in 1924 by the Junior Chamber of Commerce. It is located a few blocks from the downtown district and is just across the street from Wesleyan College.
  • Washington Public Library District of Columbia
    ImageWashington Public Library District of Columbia
  • Washington Public Library, District of Columbia
    Image | 1906No caption on back. Postcard was mailed, postmarked Oct 22, 1906.
  • Washington's Library, Mount Vernon, VA
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "In the Library on notes, not without curiosity, the titles of the books which made up the reading of the master of Mount Vernon, as soldier, statesman, and farmer; for while the books are not those actually owned by Washington, they are for the most part duplicates of such works as were here in his day. Nearly the whole of the original Washington ...
  • Washington's Library, Mount Vernon, VA (2)
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "Mount Vernon is owned and maintained by the Mount Vernon Ladies' Association of the Union, founded 1853 for the preservation of the home and tomb of Washington." Copyright MVLA. Postcard was never mailed.
  • Washington University Library
    Image | 1911No caption on the back. Postcard was mailed on February 12, 1911
  • Washoe County Library, Reno, Nevada
    Image | 1970Caption on back reads "Designed in modern decor with beauty, comfort, and delightful surroundings of natural greenery." Postcard was never mailed.
  • Waterbury, Conn. Bronson's Public Library
    Image | 1909Caption on the back reads: "BRONSON'S PUBLIC LIBRARY. This institution was founded on a bequest of $200,000 by Silas Bronson, who died in 1867; the building, in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture, cost $60,000, and is in reality two buildings,- the front for administrative and public purposes, the rear for general library uses. The main building has a handsome por...
  • Watertown, N. Y., Gov. Flower Memorial Library
    Image | 1907No caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
  • Watertown Public Library, Watertown, Mass.
    Image | 1938Caption on front reads as: I miss you and shall be glad to see you back. Hope your vacation has done you lots of good. Caption on back reads as: Miss Frances J. [illegible] Minot, Mass. Sea View House. Postcard was mailed, postmarked Sept. 2, 1938
  • Waukesha Public Library
    ImageCarnegie Public Library, Waukesha, Wis.
  • Waupun Public Library
    Image | 1914Waupun Public Library, Waupun, Wis.
  • Waupun Public Library
    Image | 1944Waupun Public Library, Waupun, Wis.
  • Wausau Public Library
    Image | 1943THE LIBRARY, WAUSAU, WIS.--27
  • Wausau Public Library
    ImageLIBRARY, WAUSAU, WIS.
  • Wausau Public Library
    Image3507. Public Library, Wausau, Wis.
  • Wauwatosa Public Library
    ImagePublic Library, Wauwatosa, Wis.
  • Wayne Public Library, New Jersey
    ImageThe museum at the John F. Kennedy Library is only ten minutes from Downtown Boston. The movie and exhibits are open to the public seven days a week, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., and are devoted to President Kennedy and to American politics.
  • Webster Parish Library
    ImageWebster Parish Library. Almost 70,000 books, plus a multitude of periodicals, records and other materials are distributed from this beautiful facility, which houses the Webster Parish (County) Library Headquarters at Minden, La.
  • Welles-Turner Memorial Library
    ImageTHE WELLES-TURNER MEMORIAL LIBRARY, Glastonbury, Conn. Dedicated in 1952 as a bequest from a town resident, cost over $275,000, contains many interesting historical exhibits.
  • Wessels Library at Newberry College
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "WESSELS LIBRARY, NEWBERRY COLLEGE NEWBERRY, S. C. Dedicated in 1954, the library was financed with funds from the Christian Higher Education Year Appeal and a gift from the Wessels family of Savannah, Georgia. This $200,000 structure houses 30,000 volumes plus periodicals and pamphlets." Postcard was never mailed
  • Westbrook Memorial Library
    ImageNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed
  • Western Michigan College Library
    ImageLibrary, Western Michigan College, Kalamazoo, Michigan, one of the first buildings on the campus.
  • Western Reserve University I. F. Freiberger Library
    Image | 1960I. F. FREIBERGER LIBRARY, Western Reserve University, University Circle. A new $1,600,000 building between Severance Hall and the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland's cultural center. The Library was named in honor of I. F. Freiberger, banker, civic leader and trustee of the University." Postcard was mailed
  • West Room, Morgan Library (N.Y.) (N.Y.)
    Image | 1997Caption on the back reads: "West Room, Morgan Library, Architectural design by Charles F. McKim; McKim, Mead & White." Postcard was never mailed.
  • White House Library
    Image | 1984First government building to be constructed in Washington. Home of all U. S. Presidents, excepting George Washington, who approved the design of James Hoban. The recently restored LIBRARY is a cheerful room in the classical style of the early 19th century." Postcard was mailed. No postmark.
  • White House Library, Washington, D.C.
    ImageWHITE HOUSE -- LIBRARY . . . First government building to be constructed in Washington, Home of all U. S. Presidents, excepting George Washington, who approved the design of James Hoban. The recently restored LIBRARY is a cheerful room in the classical style of the early 19th century
  • The White House, Library, Washington, D.C.
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "The White House Library, recently restored and redecorated, is a cheerful and inviting room in the classical style of the early 19th century. The room is furnished with a set of caned furniture made by Duncan Phyfe. The crystal chandelier was once owned by the family of James Fenimore Cooper." Postcard was never mailed.
  • Whiting Library, Chester, Vt.
    ImageOn front: Whiting Library, Chester, Vt. Postcard was never mailed.
  • Wichita, Kansas Public Library
    Image | 1970Caption on back reads "New Public Library. Wichita, Kansas. This contemporary structure is located in the cultural center in the central business district of Wichita." Postcard never mailed.
  • Wichita, Kansas, Public Library
    Image | 1966New Public Library. Wichita, Kansas. This contemporary structure is located in the cultural center in the central business district of Wichita.
  • Wickland Library
    ImageNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed
  • Wicomico County Free Library
    ImageWicomico County Free Library. South Division St. between Market St. & Circle Ave. Salisbury, Maryland