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Blackstone branch interior
a handbook

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Title
Blackstone branch interior
Description
From text: "This beautiful structure is worthy of particular mention, not only because it is one of the finest and costliest library buildings of its size in the world, but also because it marks the beginning of the branch library system in Chicago. The location is a triangular lot at the intersection of Lake and Washington avenues and Forty-ninth street. .. It is constructed of white granite in the pure Ionic-Grecian style, modeled after the famous Erectheum at Athens. The interior embodies a book-room on the left, with a capacity of 20,000 volumes, a reading room on the right, and a small reading room for young people at the rear, all opening from a rotunda that is finished in pure Italian statuary marble, and is surmounted by a dome embellished with decorative panels by Oliver Dannatt Grover."
Date
1911  
Type
Photograph  
File Name
chicagopubliclib11chic_09.jp2
Source Page
http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/34/mode/1up
Link to the Full-Text
http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic
Subject
Public libraries  
Coverage-Spatial
Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal
1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
Rights
No Copyright - United States
Rights Description
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
  • a handbook  
  • The Chicago public library  
Author of the Book
Chicago Public Library.  
Collection Title
Picture Chicago
Collection
Picture Chicago
TitleBlackstone branch interior
DescriptionFrom text: "This beautiful structure is worthy of particular mention, not only because it is one of the finest and costliest library buildings of its size in the world, but also because it marks the beginning of the branch library system in Chicago. The location is a triangular lot at the intersection of Lake and Washington avenues and Forty-ninth street. .. It is constructed of white granite in the pure Ionic-Grecian style, modeled after the famous Erectheum at Athens. The interior embodies a book-room on the left, with a capacity of 20,000 volumes, a reading room on the right, and a small reading room for young people at the rear, all opening from a rotunda that is finished in pure Italian statuary marble, and is surmounted by a dome embellished with decorative panels by Oliver Dannatt Grover."
Date1911  
TypePhotograph  
File Namechicagopubliclib11chic_09.jp2
Source Pagehttp://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/34/mode/1up
Link to the Full-Texthttp://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic
SubjectPublic libraries  
Coverage-SpatialKenwood (Chicago, Ill.)  
Coverage-Temporal1910-1919  
Publisher
  • University of Illinois at Chicago  
  • University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign  
RightsNo Copyright - United States
Rights DescriptionImages 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
  • a handbook  
  • The Chicago public library  
Author of the BookChicago Public Library.  
Collection TitlePicture Chicago
CollectionPicture Chicago

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