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Caption on the back reads: "PUBLIC LIBRARY; One of the notable architectural monuments of its day, in the designing of which collaborated such famous artists as Bela L. Pratt, Frederick McMonnies, Augustus St. Gaudens, Daniel C. French, Purvis de Chavannes, Louis St. Gaudens, Edwan A. Abbey, John S. Sargent, John Elliott, Joseph Lindon Smith, Elmer E. Garnsey." Postcard was never mailed.
Caption on the back reads: "PUBLIC LIBRARY; One of the notable architectural monuments of its day, in the designing of which collaborated such famous artists as Bela L. Pratt, Frederick McMonnies, Augustus St. Gaudens, Daniel C. French, Purvis de Chavannes, Louis St. Gaudens, Edwan A. Abbey, John S. Sargent, John Elliott, Joseph Lindon Smith, Elmer E. Garnsey." Postcard was never mailed.