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Subject.TGM1 Public Libraries (3) Carts & Wagons (1) Circulars (1) Newspapers (1) Progress Photographs (1) Show more... Photographer/Artist Unknown (3) Burke, F. P. (Frank p.... (1) Date of Original 1871 (1)

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1.		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...

2.		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...

3.		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"...

4.		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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