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1.	Workmen building the upper stories of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, ca. 1896	Public libraries	Many of the artisans and craftsmen who built the first Central Library were immigrants to Chicago. Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, Hungarians, Italians, and Turks brought the skills of their native homel

2.	Woodlawn Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1920s	Public libraries	Branch library service in Woodlawn began in 1915 in a one-story library that was moved into a store-front building as library use increased. Staff had to conduct library operations in the basement of

3.	Traveling Branch from the Legler [Regional] Library, ca. 1960s	Public libraries	Legler Library operated two bookmobiles, one called the "Mini-Van" and the other the "Traveling Branch." In the early 1970s, these bookmobiles made regular stops on the West Side. Black and white phot

4.	Trailer Service from the Legler Regional Library, ca. 1940	Public libraries; Automobiles	The Legler Library at 115 South Pulaski Road began an experimental trailer service to area industries on April 19, 1940. The first three industrial plants to receive the service were Binks Manufacturi

5.	Toman Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1970s	Public libraries; Facades; Street lights; Automobiles	The Toman Branch Library at 4005 West 27th Street was built in 1927, and originally served a population that included many Bohemians and Czechoslovakians. A large special collection of books honoring

6.	Timothy B. Blackstone Memorial Branch Library, exterior view, 1904	Public libraries	In January 1904, Mrs. Timothy B. Blackstone presented the Chicago Public Library with its first full-service branch library at 4904 South Lake Park Avenue. The building was named in memory of Timothy

7.	Story Hour in Welles Park, 1940's	Public libraries; Parks; Trees; Storytelling; Children; Librarians;	Not all library activities took place within library walls. Hild Regional Library regularly produced a children's story hour in Welles Park. Each week, librarians prepared impromptu dramatizations of

8.	Site of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, looking north from Washington Street, ca. 1890	Progress photographs; Public libraries; Carts & wagons	There were boardwalks surrounding Dearborn Park. Trolley car tracks can be seen on Washington Street. Controversy and legal squabbles troubled the efforts to build a permanent home for the Chicago Pub

9.	Site of the Chicago Public Library Central Library, Randolph Street, looking southwest toward Lake Michigan, ca. 1893	Horses; Carts & wagons; Lakes & ponds; Coastlines; Utility poles;	Horse-drawn wagons brought supplies to the site of the new Central Library in the winter of 1893.

10.	Rogers Park Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1920s	Public libraries; Facades; People	This store-front branch serving the Rogers Park neighborhood was located at 1731 Greenleaf Avenue. It was replaced in 1958 by the Rogers Park Branch Library at 6907 North Clark Street. Black and white

11.	Ravenswood Branch Library, 2010 W. Montrose, ca. 1927	Public libraries; Women; Librarians; Workers; Storefronts	In 1927, the Chicago Public Library opened its first branch in Ravenswood. The library, however, had been offering books to the community through delivery and deposit stations since shortly after the

12.	Racine Wagon & Carriage Company, Chicago Public Library Delivery Station carriages, ca. 1890	Public libraries;Carriages & coaches;Wagons;Horses;Cobblestone streets; Storefronts; Business enterprises;	As Chicago's reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 progressed and residential districts extended further from the downtown area, it became apparent to the library's directors that the Chicago Pu

13.	Old Water Tank, exterior view, ca. 1870	Public libraries; Water tanks; Reading rooms;	On January 1, 1873, the Chicago Public Library formally opened the doors to its first home in this water tank, which stood on a lot at the southeast corner of LaSalle and Adams Streets. Black and whit

14.	Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view, ca. March 1924	Public libraries; Street lights; Facades; Utility poles; Telephone lines	Comprising over 36,000 square feet, the Legler Branch Library became a popular social and cultural meeting place for Chicagoans living on the West Side. Based on these factors and large circulation st

15.	Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view, ca. 1923	Public libraries; Facades	The Legler Regional Branch Library, located at 115 South Pulaski Road, opened on October 11, 1920. It was named for Henry E. Legler, Librarian of the Chicago Public Library between 1909 and 1917. In t

16.	Lake View Branch Library, exterior view, June 9, 1942	Public libraries; Facades; Automobiles; Billboards	The Lake View Branch Library was designated a bomb shelter at its opening on September 12, 1942. Large barrels of crackers and emergency supplies were found in the basement of the building nearly 40 y

17.	Hiram Kelly Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930s	Public libraries; Facades	The Hiram Kelly Branch Library, at 6151 South Normal Avenue, was built in 1910. Kelly, a civic-minded philanthropist, bequeathed $200,000 to the Chicago Public Library's Board of Directors to be used

18.	Hild Regional Library, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, ca. 1981	Public libraries; Facades	Hild Regional Library opened in April 1931, as the second regional library in the Chicago Public Library system. An innovation of Chief Librarian Henry Legler, regional libraries were designed to serv

19.	Hardin Square Branch Library, ca. 1930s	Public libraries; Sports & recreation facilities; Trees; Bushes;	Considered one of the best of the library branches located in the city's park field houses, the Hardin Square Branch provided benches at its entrance and outdoor walkways so that patrons could enjoy t

20.	Construction Site of the Chicago Public Library Central Library, March 25, 1894	Progress photographs;Public libraries;	This view, taken from Michigan Avenue, shows the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, under construction. Black and white photo, 12 x 10 in.

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