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Subject.TGM1 Public Libraries (4) Carriages & Coaches (2) Cobblestone Streets (2) Storefronts (2) Business Enterprises (2) Clubhouses (1) Courthouses (1) Horses (1) Wagons (1) City & Town Halls (1) Photographer/Artist Unknown (3) Moffett (1) Date of Original 1888 (1)

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1.		Chicago City Hall and Court House, ca. 1886	Public libraries; City & town halls; Courthouses;	The library grew quickly, and in its search for a permanent location, a suite of 17 rooms in the Chicago City Hall became the fourth home of the Chicago Public Library. This location served as the setting...

2.		Austin Library Association Building, exterior view, 1888	Public libraries; Clubhouses;	The Austin neighborhood, named for the Honorable Henry W. Austin, came into existence in the mid-19th century as an independent village seven miles west of Chicago. At the time that this photograph was...

3.		Chicago Public Library Delivery Station at Horder's News Depot, Lake Street between 41st and 42nd Streets, ca. 1890s	Public libraries;Carriages & coaches;Cobblestone streets; Storefronts; Business enterprises;	In June 1884, the library inaugurated a new Delivery Service, establishing delivery stations in businesses such as the Horder's New Depot. Pictured here are E.Y. and Ada Horder with their children Ivy...

4.		Racine Wagon & Carriage Company, Chicago Public Library Delivery Station carriages, ca. 1890	Public libraries;Carriages & coaches;Wagons;Horses;Cobblestone streets; Storefronts; Business enterprises;	As Chicago's reconstruction after the Great Fire of 1871 progressed and residential districts extended further from the downtown area, it became apparent to the library's directors that the Chicago Public...

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