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1.		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 for...

2.		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 Tomas...

3.		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 donated...

4.		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 B....

5.		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 homelands,...

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