| 1. | ![Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view, ca. March 1924 Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view, ca. March 1924](/cgi-bin/thumbnail.exe?CISOROOT=/woop&CISOPTR=58) | 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,... |
| 2. |  | 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... |