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1.		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...

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...

3.		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...

4.		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...

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