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Cossitt Library, Memphis Public Library System, Memphis, Tennessee
Digitized Material
Color postcard
Year
1960
Coverage-Spatial
Memphis (Tenn.)
Type
Postcard
Still image
Subject
Public libraries
Description
Caption on the back reads: "Cossitt Library, Memphis Public Library System, 33 South Front; Cossitt Library houses the reference and research collection of the Memphis public library system, and also the downtown circulating library. Three miles east of the business district is the Main Library, at McLean and Peabody. Seven branch libraries serve the residential areas. More than a half million volumes are available. Special departments are offered for business, science, industry, genealogy, and music." Postcard was never mailed.
Cossitt Library, Memphis Public Library System, Memphis, Tennessee
Digitized Material
Color postcard
Year
1960
Coverage-Spatial
Memphis (Tenn.)
Type
Postcard
Still image
Subject
Public libraries
Description
Caption on the back reads: "Cossitt Library, Memphis Public Library System, 33 South Front; Cossitt Library houses the reference and research collection of the Memphis public library system, and also the downtown circulating library. Three miles east of the business district is the Main Library, at McLean and Peabody. Seven branch libraries serve the residential areas. More than a half million volumes are available. Special departments are offered for business, science, industry, genealogy, and music." Postcard was never mailed.