Public Library and Phillips Brooks Monument at Copley Square, Boston
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| Title | Public Library and Phillips Brooks Monument at Copley Square, Boston |
| Type | Still image |
| Digitized Material | color postcard |
| Coverage-Spatial | Boston, Massachusetts |
| Subject | Library buildings Massachusetts |
| Description | The Public Library in Copley Square is one of the world's largest. Students, literati and others throng its rooms and corridors to read and study, to see the magnificent murals, the art exhibitions and the statues and to hear the public lectures. It contains about one and three-quarters million volumes and has 34 branches in different parts of the city. This statue of Phillips Brooks, prominent churchman of the nineteenth century stands at the side of Trinity Church. |
| Creator-Corporate | Sounvenir Corporation of America |
| Creator-Role | publisher |
| Creator-Contacts | Boston, Massachusetts |
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| Technique | artist rendering |
| Inclusive Dates | 1895- |
| Language | eng |
| WorkDimensions-Measurement | 13.8 x 8.7cm. |
| Resource Identifier | ALA0000999 |
| Date Created | 2013-07-25 |
| Rights | Copyright Not Evaluated |
| Collection Title | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection |
| Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. American Library Association Archives |
| Collection | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection |
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Public Library and Phillips Brooks Monument at Copley Square, Boston |