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1.		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 trailer...

2.		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 area...

3.		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 the...

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 Manufacturing...

5.		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 photo,...

6.		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 one...

7.		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 statistics,...

8.		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 son...

9.		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 View...

10.		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 serve...

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