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1. 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...
2. 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...
3. Chicago Public Library Delivery Station at Horder's News Depot, Lake Street between 41st and 42nd Streets, 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. 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"...
5. Trailer Service from the Legler Regional Library, ca. 1940 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...
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