| 1. |  | 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... |
| 2. |  | 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... |
