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A Group of Librarians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | 1897 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #7: First Row from Left: Miss H. P. James / Miss Rathbone / Miss Plummer / Dr. Steiner Second Row: Miss Dodge / Richmond Fletcher / Miss Decker Third Row: A. N. Brown / Miss Ahern / Miss Van Valkenburg Negative available: UA 39/2/22 #7019
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Square
Image | 1930 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
The Free Library of Philadelphia. Haddington Branch, S.W. Corner of 65th Street and Girard Avenue.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
Public Library, Philadelphia, Pa.
Image | 1939 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "The Public lIbrary is located on the North side of the Parkway at 19th and Vine Streets. It is the most modern of libraries and one of the world's largest. It contains more than one million volumes." Postcard was mailed May 4, 1939.
Philadelphia Public Library, Pennsylvania
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionThe Public Library is located on the North side of the Parkway at 19th and Vine Streets. It is the most modern of libraries and one of the world's largest. It contains more than one million volumes.
Ackoff, Russ, 1975
Document | 1975 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Public Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on the back. Postcard was never mailed.
Public Library, Bibliothèque Publique, Openbare Boekerji
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection4. Etats-Unis d'Amerique. Philadelphie Bibliotheque Publique. Vereenigde Staten van Amerika. Philadelphia Openbare Boekerji
Free Library of Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Parkway
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionFree Library of Philadelphia, Benjamin Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia Free Library
Image | 1946 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "One of the largest library buildings in the world. It has a book capacity of more than 1,500,000. The building contains reference, periodical, map, print, music, newspaper, exhibition, lecture, reading and public document rooms, special rooms for children and the blind, and an open air roof arranged as a formal garden." Postcard was never mailed.
Smith, Mary Nixon
Image | 1906 | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionWoman knocking on door
ALA Dispatch Office, Widener Branch, Philadelphia
Image | 1918 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsGlass plate slide showing interior of ALA dispatch office, Widener Branch, Philadelphia, with piles of donated books for use by American service personnel during World War I
Samuel Swett Green and William T. Peoples in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | 1897 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #9: From Left: S. S. Green / W. T. Peoples
Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia, Pa.
Image | 1904 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard postmarked April 11, 1904
Philadelphia Public Library, Pennsylvania (1)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPUBLIC LIBRARY, Philadelphia, Pa.
Flores, Fernando, 1974-76
Document | 1974-1976 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Krippendorf, Klaus, 1962, 1969-71
Document | 1969-1971 | The Cybernetics Thought Collective (Digital Surrogates)Papers of Heinz von Foerster (1911-2002), professor of electrical engineering (1949-74) and biophysics (1962-74) and director of Biological Computer Laboratory (BCL) (1958-74) including correspondence relating to cybernetics, BCL, futurism, alternative living, cognitive processes, artificial intelligence, artificial language. Correspondents include W. Ross Ashby, Murray Babc...
Public Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | 1936 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "THE PUBLIC LIBRARY is located on the north side of the Parkway at 19th and Vine Sts. It is the most modern of Libraries and one of the World's largest. It contains more than one million volumes." Postcard was never mailed.
Library Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "LIBRARY HALL, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, serves as the Library of the American Philosophical Society, founded by Benjamin Franklin in 1743. The front of the building reproduces that of the first permanent home (1790-1884) of the Library Company of Philadelphia, founded by Franklin in 1731." Postcard was never mailed.
Library and College Hall, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pa.
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "The University was founded in 1740 by Benjamin Franklin As a charitable school. At the conclusion of the Revolution a new charter was given by the State and the present title was assumed in 1791. In 1875, the university was moved to the present extensive grounds west of Schuylkill River, where some 30 buildings have been erected and are constantly...
The Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Square
Image | 1910 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
A Group of Librarians in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | 1897 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPicture #6: Appear without any order: Purd Wright / Miss Kelso / Mr. W. M. Stevenson / Mr. A. N. Brown / C. A. Nelson / Dr. Steiner Negative available: UA 39/2/22 #7019
Ridgeway Library, Philadelphia
Image | 1900 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Postcard was never mailed.
The Library, 19th and Parkway, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionNo caption on back. Unmailed postcard.
Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Image | 1937 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCaption on the back reads: "Girard College, located at Corinthian and Girard Avenues, has a forty acre campus. It was founded and endowed by Stephen Girard, noted Mariner, Merchant, and Banker, for the education of fatherless boys, opening in 1848. Founder's Hall contains the tomb of the Founder. This marble building has Grecian Corinthian architecture." Postcard was never m...
Logan Circle and Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection
Philomathian Society
Image | John Starr Stewart Ex Libris CollectionText with blanks

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