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Chicago Public Library
The 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  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
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.
Book Title
  • The Chicago public library  
  • a handbook  
Author of the Book
Chicago Public Library.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleChicago Public Library
DescriptionCaption: "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."
Date1911  
TypePhotographs  
File Namechicagopubliclib11chic_01.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/n3/mode/1up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic
RepositoryUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
SubjectPublic libraries  
Coverage-SpatialThe Loop (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
RightsImages 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.
Book Title
  • The Chicago public library  
  • a handbook  
Author of the BookChicago Public Library.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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