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  • Detroit Public Library
    Imageits rich murals and lovely stained glass windows. The Burton Historical Collection occupies a part of the third floor and is a notable collection of Americana and the development of the Northwest.
  • Detroit Public Library
    Image | 1955Opposite the Art Institute on Woodward Avenue is the pass1 building of the Detroit Public Library, much patronized by high school and college students from a wide area.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageUpper right- Veterans Memorial Building
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Main Library- Cass Avenue Façade. The Detroit Public Library with its 28 branch libraries and more than 3 million books, maps and manuscripts is one of the great public libraries of the world. Its Main Library, in the Cultural Center, with its fronts on Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue, is a show-place of Detroit.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library On Back: Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. Located in Detroit's Cultural Center the massive Main Library occupies an entire city block between Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue. Pictured is the Cass Avenue entrance.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageThe Detroit Main Library Cass Avenue Entrance (Between W. Kirby and Putnam) Detroit, Michigan. "Like a river flowing through the ages uniting distant men, knowledge and thought into a community of ideas of the world and of time is the accumulated record of mankind." Quotation from the richly colored glass mosaic mural designed by Millard Sheets.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageThe Conspiracy of Pontiac. Detroit Public Library
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDETROIT MAIN LIBRARY - CASS AVENUE FAADE. The Detroit Public Library with its 28 branch libraries and more than 3 million books, maps and manuscripts is one of the great public libraries of the world. Its Main Library, in the Cultural Center, with fronts on Woodward Avenue and Cass Avenue, is a show-place of Detroit.
  • Detroit Public Library
    Image | 1924Library, Detroit, Mich.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202. Founded in 1865, the Library moved to this location in 1921. The handsome Italian Renaissance building, designed by Cass Gilbert, was greatly enlarged in 1963 by the addition of two wings. The Woodward Avenue entrance, with its arched loggia, faces the art museum, in the heart of the Cultural Center.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library On Back: Detroit Public Library. Detroit, Michigan. Murals by Gari Melchers in the 3rd floor exhibit hall of the Main Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue. (Left to Right) The Landing of Cadillac's Wife, The Spirit of the Northwest, The Conspiracy of Pontiac.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageAdam Strohm Hall- Detroit Public Library On Back: Detroit Public Library. Detroit Michigan. Adam Strohm Hall. An exhibition center for the display of books and other cultural materials. This room of outstanding architectural beauty is enhanced by the mural triptych on Man's Mobility, designed and executed by Detroit artist John S. Coppin.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImagePublic Library, Detroit, Mich.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. An overview of the Main Detroit Public Library from Woodward Avenue. It houses a wealth of historic and educational materials for the people of Detroit and Michigan.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. This view attractively framed by shade trees is the Library's Woodward Avenue entrance. The library occupies a full city block in Detroit's Cultural Center.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageThe Detroit Main Library Cass Avenue Entrance (Between W. Kirby and Putnam) Detroit, Michigan. "Like a river flowing through the ages uniting distant men, knowledge and thought into a community of ideas of the world and of time is the accumulated record of mankind." Quotation from the richly colored glass mosaic mural designed by Millard Sheets.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageMurals by Gari Melchers in the 3rd floor exhibit hall of the pass1 Detroit Public Library, 5201 Woodward Avenue. (Left to Right) The Landing of Cadillac's Wife, The Spirit of the Northwest, The Conspiracy of Pontiac.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageSpirit of the Great Lakes. Detroit Public Library.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDouglass Mural. Detroit Public Library On Back: Detroit Public Library. Detroit, Michigan. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Leroy Foster's 10 x 12 foot mural, commissioned by the Afro-American Museum of Detroit is on view at the Detroit Public Library's Frederick Douglass Branch Library in Scripps Park
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageTom Thumb Children's Library On Back: Children's Library. Detroit Public Library. Detroit, Michigan. The Tom Thumb sculpture in bronze is a tribute to Elizabeth Knapp who directed service to children in the Detroit Public Library from 1914 to 1931.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202. "Exploration," Joseph DeLauro's bronze statue, welcomes boys and girls to the Children's Library and patrons of all ages to meetings in the Explorers Room. The graceful sculpture, a gift of Library Commissioner Thomas G. Long, stands at this entrance off Cass Avenue near Kirby.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageThe Detroit Public Library. Main Building Detroit, Michigan. Of Italian Renaissance style architecture, the pass1 building is one of the show place of Detroit.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageThe Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. The pass1 building of the Detroit Public Library, is made in the Italian Renaissance style of architecture and is one of the show places of Detroit.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library. Detroit, Michigan. The Burton Historical collection. Houses books, pamphlets, maps, pictures, original manuscripts and documents relating to the history of the Great Lakes region from the 16th century to the present.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageOn front: Woodward Ave., showing Public Library and Art Institute, Detroit, Mich. On back: Woodward Avenue enjoys the unusual distinction of being both Detroit's leading business and residence street. It is named in honor of Judge Woodward, one of Detroit's foremost citizens in the pioneer days, and stretches approximately north and south. At the foot are the ferry docks whe...
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImagePublic Library, Detroit, Mich. - D-38 On Back: Detroit's Public Library, built at a cost of $2,800,000, has many reading and reference books, a library for students, a children's library and a parent and teachers' room. It is on Woodward and Kirby avenues across from the Art Institute.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library On Back: Detroit Public Library, Detroit, Michigan. Brightly lighted at night the Main Library on Woodward Avenue is a city landmark. It houses a wealth of educational materials and services for the people of Detroit and Michigan.
  • Detroit Public Library
    Image | 1921View Around Library Park, Corner Farmer and Gratiot, Detroit, Mich. On Back: View Around Library Park, corner Farmer and Gratiot, showing the Detroit Public Library, which is situated at Gratiot Avenue, Farmer Street and Library Park, was built in 1875 and contains 200,000 volumes. It is conducted by a board, appointed by the Board of Education.
  • Detroit Public Library
    ImageDetroit Public Library, Detroit, Mich.
  • Detroit Public Library Rare Book Room
    ImageDetroit Public Library 5201 Woodward Avenue, Detroit, Michigan 48202. Rare Book Room. Black ebony doors incised in gold carry the names of renowned printers. The bronze fleur-de-lis grilles designed by the architect, Francis J. Keally, simulate the binding of a rare book. A collection of rare and historical landmarks in all fields of knowledge is housed in this room.
  • D. Hiden Ramsey Library, University of North Carolina, Asheville, North Carolina
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "D. HIDEN RAMSEY LIBRARY. The University of North Carolina at Asheville, a liberal arts undergraduate 176 acre campus of the Consolidated University of North Carolina, is located in the beautiful Blue Ridge Mountains of Western North Carolina, at Asheville." Postcard was never mailed.
  • Dinand Library, College of the Holy Cross, Worcester, Massachusetts
    Image | 1955Caption on the back reads: "DINAND LIBRARY; COLLEGE OF THE HOLY CROSS; WORCESTER, MASS." Postcard was never mailed.
  • Dinand Library, Worchester, Massachusetts
    ImageDINAND LIBRARY, HOLY CROSS COLLEGE, WORCESTER, MASS.
  • Dixon Public Library
    Image | 1910Dixon, Ill. The Public Library.
  • Doe Library, University of California
    ImageDoe Library, University of California, Berkeley
  • Dorset Library, Dorset, Vermont
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "Dorset Library, Dorset, Vermont." Postcard was never mailed.
  • La Douche France - Chateau de Compiegne
    ImageCaption on the back reads: "Bibliothèque de Napoleon 1er - Napoleon's Library". Postcard is dated for October 31, 2019.
  • Douglas Public Library
    ImageCARNEGIE LIBRARY, Douglas, Wyo.