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1.	Albany Park Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930's	Public libraries; Storefronts;	A window display sign stating, "Borrow The Brains of the Best Writers on Your Line of Work / The Public Library Will Give You Information on Any Subject," welcomed visitors to the Albany Park Branch s

2.	Austin Branch Library at 5642 West Lake Street, exterior view, ca. 1912	Public libraries;Storefronts;	The Chicago Public Library's Austin Branch Library was opened to the public on the second floor of this business block on the city's West Side on Jan. 30, 1910. Note the prominence of "Library Buildin

3.	Austin Branch Library, exterior detail, ca. 1928	Public libraries; Facades; Doors & doorways;	In 1928, the Austin Branch Library was relocated to a building at 5615 West Race, which was renovated in the late 1970's. Among the Austin Branch's special collections are a Tool Lending Collection, t

4.	Austin Branch Library, exterior view, ca. early 1930s	Public libraries; Facades; Doors & doorways; People;	In 1928, the Austin Branch Library was relocated to a building at 5615 West Race, which was renovated in the late 1970's. The Henry W. Austin Branch's facade includes a semicircular arched doorway in

5.	Austin Library Association Building, exterior view, 1888	Public libraries; Clubhouses;	The Austin neighborhood, named for the Honorable Henry W. Austin, came into existence in the mid-19th century as an independent village seven miles west of Chicago. At the time that this photograph w

6.	Bezazian Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1950s	Public libraries; Facades; Doors & doorways;	The 17th branch in the Chicago Public Library system, Bezazian was named in memory of Lieutenant Harold A. Bezazian, killed in the Battle of Luzon on March 11, 1945. Lieutenant Bezazian's father dona

7.	Book room in the Old Water Tank, ca. 1873	Public libraries; Water tanks; Reading rooms;	Measuring 58 feet in diameter and 28 feet high, the Book Room in the water tank was originally able to accommodate 3,157 volumes. Its most important feature, however, was that it was fireproof. Black

8.	Bookplate of the English Book Donation	Bookplates;	Presented to the City of Chicago, toward the formation of a free library after the great fire of 1871, as a mark of English sympathy, by [inscribed by a staff member] Her Majesty the Queen Victoria. T

9.	Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, exterior view, ca. 1979	Public libraries; Street lights;Facades; Doors & doorways;	The Chicago Public Library Regional Library at 95th and Halsted Streets was named in honor of Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), a historian, educator and author who was born in New Canton, Virginia, the

10.	Chicago City Hall and Court House, ca. 1886	Public libraries; City & town halls; Courthouses;	The library grew quickly, and in its search for a permanent location, a suite of 17 rooms in the Chicago City Hall became the fourth home of the Chicago Public Library. This location served as the set

11.	Chicago Public Library Bookmobile Service, ca. 1940	Public libraries	The Legler Regional Library's experimental trailer service began on April 19, 1940, and was staffed by two librarians, Irmgard Bradley and Catherine Vitha. This new method of delivery used a small tra

12.	Chicago Public Library Central Library, exterior view, ca. 1900	Public libraries; Facades; Doors & doorways;	On Monday, October 11, 1897, the Chicago Public Library Central Library opened its doors to the public and a 24 year dream of a permanent home for the Chicago Public Library became a reality. The bui

13.	Chicago Public Library Cultural Center, October 3, 1977	Public libraries; Facades; Facades; Traffic signs & signals; Automobiles;	After nearly 70 years of continuous service with only minimal maintenance repairs, the Chicago Public Library's central library building was showing signs of age: space was inadequate for the large bo

14.	Chicago Public Library Delivery Station at Horder's News Depot, Lake Street between 41st and 42nd Streets, ca. 1890s	Public libraries;Carriages & coaches;Cobblestone streets; Storefronts; Business enterprises;	In June 1884, the library inaugurated a new Delivery Service, establishing delivery stations in businesses such as the Horder's New Depot. Pictured here are E.Y. and Ada Horder with their children Ivy

15.	Circular Requesting Donations to the New Free Library of Chicago, 1871.	Circulars; Newspapers	Ironically, the total devastation of the city by the 1871 fire led directly to the establishment of Chicago's Free Public Library. Money and supplies poured into Chicago as the world responded to the

16.	Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, exterior view, ca. 1985	Public libraries;Facades;	Chicago Public Library's regional library for the North Side was named for Conrad Sulzer (1804-1873), who immigrated to Chicago from Switzerland and was one of the earliest known settlers of the Lake

17.	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.

18.	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

19.	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

20.	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

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