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New York Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library - Fifth Ave. & 42nd St. New York City. On Back: New York's Principal Public Library, located on Fifth Avenue and Forty-first Street, is the fourth largest library in existence, housing more than two and on-half millions of books and pamphlets. Carrere & Hastings designed the beautiful structure, which cost $9,000,000 to build. President William Howard Taft ded...
Public Library (N.Y.) City
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "New York's Principal Public Library, located at Fifth Avenue and Forty-first street, is the fourth largest library in existence, housing more than two and one-half millions of books and pamphlets. Carrere & Hastings designed the beautiful structure, which cost $9,000,000 to build. President William Howard Taft dedicated it in 1911." Postcard was n...
Library of Columbia University (N.Y.)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "Seth Low Library, Columbia University, the gift of President Low, was opened for use in 1897. The architectural style, from plans by McKim, Mead & White, is classical based on Roman precedents but with many suggestions of Greek refinements in its details. Placed strategically on the brow of the hill at Morningside Heights, it holds a commanding po...