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Hiram Kelly Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930s
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| Title | Hiram Kelly Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930s |
| Description | 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 for any purpose involving the library. After Kelly's death in 1889, the Board of Directors used the bequest to purchase a site at 61st Street and Normal Boulevard. It was on this site the Hiram Kelly Branch, the library's second free-standing branch building, was constructed. The building was renovated in 1988-1989, and now consists of 15,000 square feet and a meeting room seating 150. Black and white photo, 36 x 28 cm. |
| Neighborhood/Streets | Englewood (Chicago, Ill.)
Sixty-first Street (Chicago, Ill.)
Normal Boulevard (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Subject.TGM1 | Public libraries
Facades
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| Subject.LCSH | Chicago Public Library -- Hiram Kelly Branch -- Photographs
Library buildings -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Design and construction -- History -- Photographs
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| Subject.AAT | libraries (buildings)
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| Photographer/Artist | Burke, F. P. (Frank P.)
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| Time Period | 1930; 1931; 1932; 1933; 1934; 1935; 1936; 1937; 1938; 1939 |
| Repository Name | Chicago Public Library Special Collections and Preservation Division
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| Repository Number | PHOTOGRAPH SPE-CPL Archives Photographs Kelly 1.1 |
| Language | eng |
| Collection | Chicago Public Library Archives
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| Rights | http://www.chipublib.org/aboutcpl/cplpolicies/policies/photo_reproduct.php |
| Type | Digital image |
| Original Format | Architectural photographs
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| Size | 36 x 28 cm. |
| Format | image/jpeg |
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