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1. Albany Park Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930's Albany Park Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930's Public libraries; Storefronts; A window display sign stating, "Borrow The Brains of the Best Writers on Your Line of Work / The Public Library Will Give You Information on Any Subject," welcomed visitors to the Albany Park Branch storefront...
2. Austin Branch Library at 5642 West Lake Street, exterior view, ca. 1912 Austin Branch Library at 5642 West Lake Street, exterior view, ca. 1912 Public libraries;Storefronts; The Chicago Public Library's Austin Branch Library was opened to the public on the second floor of this business block on the city's West Side on Jan. 30, 1910. Note the prominence of "Library Building"...
3. Austin Branch Library, exterior detail, ca. 1928 Austin Branch Library, exterior detail, ca. 1928 Public libraries; Facades; Doors & doorways; In 1928, the Austin Branch Library was relocated to a building at 5615 West Race, which was renovated in the late 1970's. Among the Austin Branch's special collections are a Tool Lending Collection, the...
4. Austin Branch Library, exterior view, ca. early 1930s Austin Branch Library, exterior view, ca. early 1930s Public libraries; Facades; Doors & doorways; People; In 1928, the Austin Branch Library was relocated to a building at 5615 West Race, which was renovated in the late 1970's. The Henry W. Austin Branch's facade includes a semicircular arched doorway in the...
5. Austin Library Association Building, exterior view, 1888 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...
6. Bezazian Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1950s 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...
7. Chicago Public Library Bookmobile Service, ca. 1940 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...
8. Conrad Sulzer Regional Library, exterior view, ca. 1985 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...
9. Hardin Square Branch Library, ca. 1930s Hardin Square Branch Library, ca. 1930s Public libraries; Sports & recreation facilities; Trees; Bushes; Considered one of the best of the library branches located in the city's park field houses, the Hardin Square Branch provided benches at its entrance and outdoor walkways so that patrons could enjoy the...
10. Hild Regional Library, 4544 N. Lincoln Avenue, ca. 1981 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...
11. Hiram Kelly Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1930s 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...
12. Lake View Branch Library, exterior view, June 9, 1942 Lake View Branch Library, exterior view, June 9, 1942 Public libraries; Facades; Automobiles; Billboards The Lake View Branch Library was designated a bomb shelter at its opening on September 12, 1942. Large barrels of crackers and emergency supplies were found in the basement of the building nearly 40 years...
13. Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view, ca. 1923 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...
14. Legler [Regional] Library, exterior view, ca. March 1924 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,...
15. Racine Wagon & Carriage Company, Chicago Public Library Delivery Station carriages, ca. 1890 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...
16. Ravenswood Branch Library, 2010 W. Montrose, ca. 1927 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...
17. Rogers Park Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1920s Rogers Park Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1920s Public libraries; Facades; People This store-front branch serving the Rogers Park neighborhood was located at 1731 Greenleaf Avenue. It was replaced in 1958 by the Rogers Park Branch Library at 6907 North Clark Street. Black and white...
18. Timothy B. Blackstone Memorial Branch Library, exterior view, 1904 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....
19. Toman Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1970s 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...
20. Traveling Branch from the Legler [Regional] Library, ca. 1960s 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,...
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