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Cleveland Depot Literacy Library

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Title
Cleveland Depot Literacy Library
Digitized Material
Black and white postcard
Coverage-Spatial
Cleveland (Miss.)  
Type
  • Postcard  
  • Still image  
Subject
Library buildings Mississippi  
Description
Caption on the back reads: "For the Love of Libraries Cleveland Depot Literacy Library, Cleveland Mississippi Built in 1884, the railroad ran from New Orleans up to Memphis, and new towns like Cleveland, Mississippi, were created along the route. President Grover Cleveland, after whom the town was named, William Jennings Bryan, and President Theodore Roosevelt made whistle stops here. The train stopped running in the 1960s. The abandoned depot was recently converted to a special Library for Adult Literacy and has three hundred students." Postcard was never mailed
Creator-Corporate
Diane Asséo Griliches  
Creator-Role
Photographer
Theme
Mississippi  
Technique
Black and white photograph  
Language
English
WorkDimensions-Measurement
6.5 x 4.8 in
Resource Identifier
ALA0004601
Date Created
8/30/2021
Rights
Copyright Not Evaluated
Collection Title
Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection
Repository
American Library Association Archives
Collection
Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection
TitleCleveland Depot Literacy Library
Digitized MaterialBlack and white postcard
Coverage-SpatialCleveland (Miss.)  
Type
  • Postcard  
  • Still image  
SubjectLibrary buildings Mississippi  
DescriptionCaption on the back reads: "For the Love of Libraries Cleveland Depot Literacy Library, Cleveland Mississippi Built in 1884, the railroad ran from New Orleans up to Memphis, and new towns like Cleveland, Mississippi, were created along the route. President Grover Cleveland, after whom the town was named, William Jennings Bryan, and President Theodore Roosevelt made whistle stops here. The train stopped running in the 1960s. The abandoned depot was recently converted to a special Library for Adult Literacy and has three hundred students." Postcard was never mailed
Creator-CorporateDiane Asséo Griliches  
Creator-RolePhotographer
ThemeMississippi  
TechniqueBlack and white photograph  
LanguageEnglish
WorkDimensions-Measurement6.5 x 4.8 in
Resource IdentifierALA0004601
Date Created8/30/2021
RightsCopyright Not Evaluated
Collection TitleSjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection
RepositoryAmerican Library Association Archives
CollectionSjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection

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