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1. 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...
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. Story Hour in Welles Park, 1940's Story Hour in Welles Park, 1940's Public libraries; Parks; Trees; Storytelling; Children; Librarians; Not all library activities took place within library walls. Hild Regional Library regularly produced a children's story hour in Welles Park. Each week, librarians prepared impromptu dramatizations of one...
5. Site of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, looking north from Washington Street, ca. 1890 Site of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, looking north from Washington Street, ca. 1890 Progress photographs; Public libraries; Carts & wagons There were boardwalks surrounding Dearborn Park. Trolley car tracks can be seen on Washington Street. Controversy and legal squabbles troubled the efforts to build a permanent home for the Chicago Public...
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