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Hardin Square Branch Library, ca. 1930s


Title	Hardin Square Branch Library, ca. 1930s
Description	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 the park's amenities as well as the library's. This branch library, located in the field house at Wentworth and 26th Street, no longer exists. Black and white photo, 14 x 10 in.
Neighborhood/Streets	Armour Square (Chicago, Ill.) Wentworth Avenue (Chicago, Ill.) Twenty-sixth Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Subject.TGM1	Public libraries Sports & recreation facilities Trees Bushes
Subject.LCSH	Chicago Public Library -- Hardin Square Branch -- Photographs
Subject.AAT	field houses
Photographer/Artist	Burke, F. P. (Frank P.)
Time Period	1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939
Repository Name	Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
Repository Number	PHOTOGRAPH SPE-CPL Archives Photographs Hardin 1.1
Collection	Chicago Public Library Archives
Rights	http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php
Type	Digital image
Original Format	Architectural photographs
Size	14 x 10 in.
Format	image/jpeg

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