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1. 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...
2. 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...
3. 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...
4. Circular Requesting Donations to the New Free Library of Chicago, 1871. 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...
5. Chicago City Hall and Court House, ca. 1886 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...
6. Bookplate of the English Book Donation Bookplate of the English Book Donation Bookplates; Presented to the City of Chicago, toward the formation of a free library after the great fire of 1871, as a mark of English sympathy, by [inscribed by a staff member] Her Majesty the Queen Victoria. The...
7. 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"...
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