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21.	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,...

22.	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...

23.	Carter G. Woodson Regional Library, exterior view, ca. 1979	Public libraries; Street lights;Facades; Doors & doorways;	The Chicago Public Library Regional Library at 95th and Halsted Streets was named in honor of Carter G. Woodson (1875-1950), a historian, educator and author who was born in New Canton, Virginia, the son...

24.	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...

25.	Woodlawn Branch Library, exterior view, ca. 1920s	Public libraries	Branch library service in Woodlawn began in 1915 in a one-story library that was moved into a store-front building as library use increased. Staff had to conduct library operations in the basement of the...

26.	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...

27.	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...

28.	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...

29.	Circular Requesting Donations to the New Free Library of Chicago, 1871.	Circulars; Newspapers	Ironically, the total devastation of the city by the 1871 fire led directly to the establishment of Chicago's Free Public Library. Money and supplies poured into Chicago as the world responded to the terrible...

30.	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...

31.	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...

32.	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...

33.	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...

34.	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...

35.	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,...

36.	Workmen building the upper stories of the Chicago Public Library, Central Library, ca. 1896	Public libraries	Many of the artisans and craftsmen who built the first Central Library were immigrants to Chicago. Germans, Swedes, Norwegians, Hungarians, Italians, and Turks brought the skills of their native homelands,...

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