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Chicago Public Library
Image | 1911 | Picture ChicagoCaption: "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 ...
Reading room
Image | 1911 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The Reading Room for current periodicals is one of the largest rooms in the building occupying the entire north front on the fourth floor. Nearly twelve hundred publications are regularly received and kept on file here, comprising all the popular American and English periodicals, reviews, and weeklies, a selection of the best publications in German, French, and ...
Davis Square branch reading room
Image | 1911 | Picture ChicagoFrom text: "The wide distribution of Chicago's population has made it necessary to provide small branch or deposit libraries in the residence districts, thus, in a measure, carrying the benefits of the Library to those who cannot conveniently come to it. These are established at convenient points throughout the city and were formerly housed in rented quarters, frequently in...
Nogales Public Library, Nogales, Arizona - Back of Postcard
Image | 1965 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the back of postcard: Nogales Public Library, Nogales, Arizona
The Public Library, Alameda, California - Front of Postcard
Image | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the front of postcard: 1050 - 850. The Public Library, Alameda, California.
Carnegie Library, Decatur, Alabama - Front of Postcard
Image | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the front of postcard: Carnegie Library, Decatur, Ala. Handwritten: This has been built one year. I'm doing well [name]
Public Library, Berkeley, California - Back of Postcard
Image | 1905 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the back of postcard: Published by Edward H. Mitchell, San Francisco, Cal.
Carnegie Library, Decatur, Alabama - Back of Postcard
Image | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPostal Stamped on the back of postcard: Decatur, Feb 24, 9PM, ALA.
Public Library, Berkeley, California - Back of Postcard
Image | 1905 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPostal-stamped on the back of postcard: Berkeley, Cal. Aug 9, 1907, 10-AM
Gadsden Public Library, Gadsden, Alabama - Back of Postcard
Image | 1968 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsFrost & Frost, Gadsden, Alabama
Public Library, Berkeley, California - Front of Postcard
Image | 1905 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the front of postcard: 1740 - Public Library, Berkeley, California
Public Library, Little Rock, Arkansas - Back of Postcard
Image | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPostal Stamped: Little Rock, ARK., 7 PM, Jun 11-12
Court House, Birmingham, Alabama - Back of Postcard
Image | 1951 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the back of postcard: Court House, Birmingham, ALA. Jefferson County's $3,000,000 Court House, one of the handsomest in the South is constructed of white Indiana limestone and marble. The jail occupies the top floor. A unique fact is that eighty per cent of those entering the Court House come in through the back door, reached through a small but very beautiful park.
Phoenix Public Library at Central and McDowell
Image | 1976 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the front of postcard: Phoenix Public Library at Central and McDowell
Alabama City Library, Gadsden, Alabama - Back of Postcard
Image | 1968 | American Library Association Archives Digital CollectionsPrinted on the back of postcard: Alabama City Library, 2700 Elliott Avenue, Gadsden, Alabama. 35904 A Branch of the Gadsden Public Library This ancient landmark reflects the beauty of the old South. The interior, remodeled and refinished, with air conditioning and central heat, is a modern library facility. One wing houses a branch of the Water Works and Sewer Board.
Biblioteca popolare di Codogno, anno I, 1869-70
Multi-Page Item | 50 pages | 1869 | Digital Rare Book Collection Biblioteca popolare di Codogno
Boston Public Library (16)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionBOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY, THE COURT YARD
Boston Public Library (18)
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection"MUSES WELCOMING GENIUS OF ENLIGHTENMENT"" BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY"
Boston Public Library (19)
Image | 1911 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection"FROM PAINTINGS BY PUVIS DECHAVANNES, ""PASTORAL POETRY,"" ""DRAMATIC POETRY,"" ""Epic poetry"" -- BOSTON PUBLIC LIBRARY"
Public Library, Springfield, Massachusetts
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Springfield, Mass.
Haverhill Public Library, Massachusetts
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Haverhill, Mass.
Boston Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Boston, Mass.
Detroit Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard Collection"The Detroit Main Library Cass Avenue Entrance (Between W. Kirby and Putnam) Detroit, Michigan. ""Like a river flowing through the ages uniting distant men, knowledge and thought into a community of ideas of the world and of time is the accumulated record of mankind."" Quotation from the richly colored glass mosaic mural designed by Millard Sheets."
Detroit Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionSpirit of the Great Lakes. Detroit Public Library.
Detroit Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionDouglass Mural. Detroit Public Library On Back: Detroit Public Library. Detroit, Michigan. The Life and Times of Frederick Douglass. Leroy Foster's 10 x 12 foot mural, commissioned by the Afro-American Museum of Detroit is on view at the Detroit Public Library's Frederick Douglass Branch Library in Scripps Park
Quincy Public Library
Image | 1908 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLibrary Building, Quincy, Ill.
Mason City Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionMason City Public Library, Mason City, Iowa
Lincoln Library
Image | 1910 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLincoln Library, Springfield, Ill.
Streator Public Library
Image | 1907 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionCarnegie Free Library--Streator, Ill.
Indianapolis Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPUBLIC LIBRARY, INDIANAPOLIS, IND. --41
Kalamazoo Public Library
Image | 1906 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library Kalamazoo, Michigan
Hopkinsville Public Library
Image | 1956 | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Hopkinsville, Ky.
Niles Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Niles, Mich. On Back: The Carnegie Public Library was donated as a gift to the city and opened in 1904. One side of the building is almost covered by artistically climbing ivy vines. It is a landmark and a monument to Niles' interest in arts and science.
Oak Park Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionOak Park Public Library. Part of the Civic Center development of Oak Park, Michigan, voted by the citizens in April 1955, and opened for their use on June 15, 1958. These cards are provided as a service of the Friends of the Oak Park Library.
Loutit District Library, Grand Haven, MI
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionLoutit Library, Grand Haven, Michigan 49417. Erected 1966. Presented to the Citizens of the Grand Haven area by the Loutit Foundation in Memory of William H. Loutit- 1866-1948, Maud Loutit- 1867-1952, William R. Loutit- 1895-1961
Alexandria Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Alexandria, La.
Ryerson Library, Grand Rapids, MI
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionRyerson Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan. One of the nation's outstanding libraries. Featuring 20,000 volumes on Michigan and the Great Lakes Area and one of the finest collections in America on the history and design of furniture. Open daily for your pleasure.
Newport Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionPublic Library, Newport, Ky.
Ryerson Building, Grand Rapids Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionBrowsing Room- Ryerson Building, Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan
Hudson Public Library
Image | Sjoerd Koopman Library Postcard CollectionHudson Public Library

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