Chicago Public Library
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Title | Chicago Public Library |
Description | Caption: "The Chicago Public Library". From text: "The Chicago Public Library is a free public institution, established under the Illinois library law of 1872, and maintained by the city as part of its public educational system. It derives its revenue from an annual library tax of approximately four-tenths of a mill, and is governed by a Board of Directors of nine members appointed by the Mayor and holding office for three years. It is housed in a building built entirely at the public expense, which ranks among the largest and finest library buildings in the country. It is accessibly situated on a tract of public land half a square in extent, on Michigan boulevard, fronting eastward upon Grant Park, at a point almost equidistant from the north and south limits of the city." |
Date | 1911 |
Type | Photographs |
File Name | chicagopubliclib11chic_01.jp2 |
Source Page | http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/n3/mode/1up |
Link to the Full-Text | http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic |
Repository | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
Subject | Public libraries |
Coverage-Spatial | The Loop (Chicago, Ill.) |
Coverage-Temporal | 1910-1919 |
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Rights | Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu. |
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Author of the Book | Chicago Public Library. |
Collection Title | Picture Chicago |
Collection | Picture Chicago |
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