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Library of Harvard University. 19th century, Library of Congress collection

Library of Harvard University. 19th century, Library of Congress colle...

Photograph shows interior of Gore Hall, the library at Harvard University from 1838 to 1913. Photograph clipped from an unidentified publication. Figure 18 in the publication. Illus. in: Scrapbook HS M2 in the... More

The reading room --  Bates Hall

The reading room -- Bates Hall

Illustration drawing shows the interior of the reading room of the Boston Public Library, Bates Hall, named in honor of donor Joshua Bates and designed by Charles Follen McKim. The barrel vault ceiling runs the... More

Public Library, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Public Library, Boston - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Picryl description: Public domain photograph of Boston, Massachusetts, free to use, no copyright restrictions image.

[Robinson Hall reading room, Brown University Library, Providence, R.I.]

[Robinson Hall reading room, Brown University Library, Providence, R.I...

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Ryerson Public Library, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Ryerson Public Library, Grand Rapids, Mich.

Public domain photograph of library building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts. - Public domain image. Dry plate...

Picryl description: Public domain image of a public building, auditorium, hall, commons, 19th-20th century architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

[Library in clubhouse, New York City]

[Library in clubhouse, New York City]

Picryl description: Public domain image of a living room, salon, office, late 19th-century interior, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Newberry Library, Chicago - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Newberry Library, Chicago - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue J Supplement (1901-1906). "32" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 013258. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

New York Public Library - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

New York Public Library - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

Title from jacket. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 031571. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

[Reviewing Naval parade from New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.]

[Reviewing Naval parade from New York Public Library, New York, N.Y.]

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North corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

North corridor, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Library of Congress, main reading room, Washington, D.C.

Library of Congress, main reading room, Washington, D.C.

Title from unverified data provided by the National Photo Company on the negatives or negative sleeves. Date from negatives in same range. Gift; Herbert A. French; 1947. General information about the National P... More

Folger Library exteriors. Main entrance of Folger Library with flag II

Folger Library exteriors. Main entrance of Folger Library with flag II

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Folger Library interiors. Mrs. Folger standing by fireplace in reading room

Folger Library interiors. Mrs. Folger standing by fireplace in reading...

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Folger Library exteriors. East entrance of Folger Library II

Folger Library exteriors. East entrance of Folger Library II

Old negative number: 1339-35. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

Library of Congress. View from roof of U.S. Supreme Court showing old and new Library of Congress II

Library of Congress. View from roof of U.S. Supreme Court showing old ...

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Stairway in Great Hall, Library of Congress

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Stairway in Great Hall, Libr...

Old negative number: 1273-9. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 19... More

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Hispanic Reading Room, Library of Congress I

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Hispanic Reading Room, Libra...

Titles devised. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1910s to the 19... More

Folger Library interiors. Folger Library from balcony at west end

Folger Library interiors. Folger Library from balcony at west end

Old negative number: 1339-69. The Theodor Horydczak Collection is a collection of photographs taken by Theodor Horydczak (1890-1971) a Polish-born American photographer who worked in Washington D.C. from the 1... More

20th annual convention of the Special Libraries Ass'n, May 21-23rd, Wash., D.C., 1928

20th annual convention of the Special Libraries Ass'n, May 21-23rd, Wa...

Photo shows librarians posed at the White House with President Calvin Coolidge standing in center of front row. (Source: Charley Seavey, 2012) They're on the South Lawn in front of the portico. (Source: Jurrett... More

Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Library of Congress annex with part of U.S. Supreme Court

Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Library of Congress annex w...

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Folger Library interiors. Folger Library from east end I

Folger Library interiors. Folger Library from east end I

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Library of Congress, Adams Building. New Library of Congress annex plastic models VIII

Library of Congress, Adams Building. New Library of Congress annex pla...

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Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Figure of Itzamna on door, Library of Congress annex

Library of Congress (John Adams Building). Figure of Itzamna on door, ...

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Folger Library exteriors. West end of Folger Library building I

Folger Library exteriors. West end of Folger Library building I

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Rear of Library of Congress building from Folger Library I

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Rear of Library of Congress ...

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Neptune fountain from left, Library of Congress

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Neptune fountain from left, ...

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Folger Library exteriors. Puck, Folger Library, and U.S. Capitol dome

Folger Library exteriors. Puck, Folger Library, and U.S. Capitol dome

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Mosaic of Minerva, Library of Congress III

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Mosaic of Minerva, Library o...

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Exterior of Jefferson Building, vertical III

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Exterior of Jefferson Buildi...

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Dr. Henry W. Berg Room, at Public Library, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., New York View toward librarians from right corner

Dr. Henry W. Berg Room, at Public Library, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., New ...

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Poster. A careless word...another cross. Poster distributed by Office of War Information (OWI) to bowling alleys, shipyards, billiard halls, post offices, theatres, war plants, libraries, hotels. The original comes in two sizes: 28" x 40" and 22" x 28", and is printed in white against a brown-green background. Copies are obtainable from Division of Public Inquiries, Office of War Information, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Poster. A careless word...another cross. Poster distributed by Office ...

Public domain photograph of Washington DC, 1930s, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Plant a victory garden. Poster distributed by the Office of War Information to libraries, museums post offices. The original is 22 inches and is printed in full color. The poster was designed by Robert Gwathmey, mural artist. Copies are obtainable from Division of Public Inquiries, OWI, 14th and Pennsylvania Avenue, Washington, D.C.

Plant a victory garden. Poster distributed by the Office of War Inform...

Picryl description: Public domain image of food, dinner, grocery store, eating, 1930s, mid-20th-century United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions.

Dr. Henry W. Berg Room, at Public Library, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., New York View toward librarians from right corner

Dr. Henry W. Berg Room, at Public Library, 5th Ave. and 42nd St., New ...

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Virginia State Library & Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia. Public reading room II

Virginia State Library & Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia. Public readin...

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Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, New York. Entrance detail

Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, New...

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Virginia State Library & Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia. Stage of lecture room

Virginia State Library & Courthouse, Richmond, Virginia. Stage of lect...

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Seventy-one years, or, My life with photography. Brooklyn Public Library, Jan. 13, 1941

Seventy-one years, or, My life with photography. Brooklyn Public Libra...

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Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, Brooklyn. Children's Room, from librarians' desk

Brooklyn Public Library (Ingersoll Memorial), Prospect Park Plaza, Bro...

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Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Reference room II

Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Referenc...

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Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Looking up staircase II

Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Looking ...

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Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Display case

Lamont Library, Harvard University, Cambridge, Massachusetts. Display ...

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Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. Library interior I

Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. Library interior I

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New Canaan Public Library, New Canaan, Connecticut. Library II

New Canaan Public Library, New Canaan, Connecticut. Library II

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Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. Library interior I

Goucher College, Towson, Maryland. Library interior I

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Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Exterior of Jefferson Building, horizontal II

Library of Congress (Jefferson Building). Exterior of Jefferson Buildi...

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Fairleigh Dickinson College Library, Rutherford, New Jersey. Main reading room III

Fairleigh Dickinson College Library, Rutherford, New Jersey. Main read...

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Fairleigh Dickinson College Library, Rutherford, New Jersey. Magazine room

Fairleigh Dickinson College Library, Rutherford, New Jersey. Magazine ...

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Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Foyer, to window

Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Foyer, to window

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Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Entrance foyer II

Morgan Library, E. 36th St., New York City. Entrance foyer II

Sleeve annotation: Alexander P. Morgan, architect for remodelling. Public domain photograph - New York, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Branch, Fulton and Clinton St., Brooklyn, New York. East facade, entrance detail

Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn Heights Branch, Fulton and Clinton S...

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Carol M. Highsmith - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia

Carol M. Highsmith - Handley Library, Winchester, Virginia

Judge John Handley of Scranton, Pa. left $250,000 to open this Public Library. Architects J. Stewart Barney and Henry Otis Chapman of New York designed the building in the Beaux-Arts style. The building opened ... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Hampden Branch Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Carol M. Highsmith - Hampden Branch Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Opened to the public on July 2, 1900 as the seventh branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Robert Poole, a resident of Hampden, provided the funds for construction and the initial book collection. The architec... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Hampden Branch Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Carol M. Highsmith - Hampden Branch Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Opened to the public on July 2, 1900 as the seventh branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Robert Poole, a resident of Hampden, provided the funds for construction and the initial book collection. The architec... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Hampden Branch Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Carol M. Highsmith - Hampden Branch Library, Baltimore, Maryland

Opened to the public on July 2, 1900 as the seventh branch of the Enoch Pratt Free Library. Robert Poole, a resident of Hampden, provided the funds for construction and the initial book collection. The architec... More

Watha T. Daniel/Shaw library, Washington, D.C.

Watha T. Daniel/Shaw library, Washington, D.C.

Designed by the architecture firm of Davis Brody Bond Aedas. It opened August 2010. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archi... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Burke Centre Library, Burke, Virginia

Carol M. Highsmith - Burke Centre Library, Burke, Virginia

Opened in June of 2008, it was designed and constructed under the LEED program, and certified with a Silver Rating. It is also the first library in the Fairfax County Public Library system to offer drive thru s... More

[Deanwood Community Center and Library, 1350 49th St., N.E., Washington, D.C.]

[Deanwood Community Center and Library, 1350 49th St., N.E., Washingto...

Title from LC-DIG-highsm-20553. Title, date, and keywords provided by the photographer. Credit line: Photographs in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Purchase... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Carol M. Highsmith - Beatley Central Library, Alexandria, Virginia

Designed by Pierce Goodwin Alexander & Linville in association with Michael Graves, it opened on January 31, 2000. Named for Charles E. Beatley, Jr., former Mayor of Alexandria. Title, date, subject note, and k... More

Carol M. Highsmith - Burke Centre Library, Burke, Virginia

Carol M. Highsmith - Burke Centre Library, Burke, Virginia

Opened in June of 2008, it was designed and constructed under the LEED program, and certified with a Silver Rating. It is also the first library in the Fairfax County Public Library system to offer drive thru s... More

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.

The Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Library, Washington, D.C.

The central facility of the District of Columbia Public Library system. Ludwig Miles van der Rohe designed the steel, brick, and glass structure. Title, date, subject note, and keywords provided by the photogra... More

Booth Library on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia

Booth Library on the campus of Davis & Elkins College in Elkins, West ...

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

The Pickett Library and Funkhouser Auditorium on the campus of Alderson Broaddus University in Phillippi, West Virginia

The Pickett Library and Funkhouser Auditorium on the campus of Alderso...

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The Morgan County Public Library in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

The Morgan County Public Library in Berkeley Springs, West Virginia

Title, date and keywords based on information provided by the photographer. Credit line: West Virginia Collection within the Carol M. Highsmith Archive, Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division. Pur... More

Morrill Hall and the Library, Cornell University

Morrill Hall and the Library, Cornell University

In album prepared by Detroit Photographic Co. to use as a catalog in its office. Detroit Publishing Co., no. 53582. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1955.

Library of Congress entrance hall

Library of Congress entrance hall

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Photograph of Luther Harris Evans, undated
National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver Spring, Montgomery County, MD

National Park Seminary, Miller Library, 2801 Woodstock Avenue, Silver ...

Significance: The Miller Library was constructed to house the rare book library and archives of Jahu DeWitt Miller, a friend of the Cassedys who was a Chautauqua circuit speaker and a part-time NPS lecturer. T... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virginia

Tobacco Warehouse, State Route 1002, Urbanna, Middlesex County, Virgin...

Significance: Built originally as a storehouse. This building is a striking survival of a colonial mercantile establishment of a succession of Scots merchants. It is undoubtedly one of the earliest extant build... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Paschalville Branch, 6942 Woodlands Avenue, Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Paschalville Branch, 6942 Woodlands Aven...

Significance: Paschalville was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 for the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carneg... More

Manuscript book, John W. Alexander, N.A., Library of Congress, Washington, [D.C.]

Manuscript book, John W. Alexander, N.A., Library of Congress, Washing...

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Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, NY

Wayside Inn, Post Road & Wayside Lane, Scarsdale, Westchester County, ...

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-83 Survey number: HABS NY-4-104 Building/structure dates: 17t1 Initial Construction Building/structure dates: after 1700 Subsequent Work Buildin... More

Christ Episcopal Church, 405 South Adams Street, Pensacola, Escambia County, FL

Christ Episcopal Church, 405 South Adams Street, Pensacola, Escambia C...

Significance: This structure, erected in 1834, is the oldest church building in Pensacola. It was used as a hospital and barracks by Union forces during the War Between the States. It is a plain rectangular b... More

Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Pequot Library, 720 Pequot Road, Southport, Fairfield County, CT

Significance: The Pequot Library was designed by New York architect Robert H. Robertson (1849-1919) in 1885-87, and erected during 1887-93. Robertson had been a partner of William Potter, who together designed... More

Columbia University, New York City,  Panoramic Photograph

Columbia University, New York City, Panoramic Photograph

J133484 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Haines Photo Co.; October 19, 1909; DLC/PP-1909:43390. Copyright claimant's address: Conneaut, O.

Army Medical Museum & Library, Seventh Street & Independence Avenue Southwest, Washington, District of Columbia, DC

Army Medical Museum & Library, Seventh Street & Independence Avenue So...

Significance: Specially designed building, intended as the fireproof, permanent home of the Army Medical Museum, which was founded in 1862. Housed collection of surgical and medical specimens and a medical libr... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, 1108 South 5th Street , Philadelphia, Philadelphia County, PA

Free Library of Philadelphia, Southwark Branch, 1108 South 5th Street ...

Significance: Southwark was one of twenty-five branch libraries constructed between 1904 and 1930 for the Free Library of Philadelphia using a $1.5 million grant from the Carnegie Corporation. Andrew Carnegie'... More

American Fur Company Buildings, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

American Fur Company Buildings, Mackinac Island, Mackinac County, MI

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-32 Survey number: HABS MI-215 Building/structure dates: 18q1 Initial Construction

The Campus, Cornell University - Public domain image. Dry plate negative.

The Campus, Cornell University - Public domain image. Dry plate negati...

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Fitzsimons General Hospital, Nurses' Mess & Kitchen, Nurses' Recreation, West McAfee Avenue, North of Building 507, Aurora, Adams County, CO

Fitzsimons General Hospital, Nurses' Mess & Kitchen, Nurses' Recreatio...

Survey number: HABS CO-172-BO Building/structure dates: 1918 Initial Construction

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: Built in 1930 from a design by municipal staff architect James C. Niemeyer, the Merriam Park Branch Public Library is a fine local example of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture. During i... More

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: Built in 1930 from a design by municipal staff architect James C. Niemeyer, the Merriam Park Branch Public Library is a fine local example of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture. During i... More

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: Built in 1930 from a design by municipal staff architect James C. Niemeyer, the Merriam Park Branch Public Library is a fine local example of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture. During i... More

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey County, MN

Merriam Park Branch Library, 1831 Marshall Avenue, Saint Paul, Ramsey ...

Significance: Built in 1930 from a design by municipal staff architect James C. Niemeyer, the Merriam Park Branch Public Library is a fine local example of the Collegiate Gothic style of architecture. During i... More

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...

Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...

Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...

Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, CA

University of California Los Angeles, Powell Library, Westwood, Los An...

Significance: Of the four core buildings of the UCLA campus historic district, the 1927-1929 Powell Library, designed by George Kelham, was the first campus building constructed. It is northern Italian Romaneq... More

Main library, U. of M., Ann Arbor, Michigan

Main library, U. of M., Ann Arbor, Michigan

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Washington. West façade Library of Congress

Washington. West façade Library of Congress

Copyright 1898 by Detroit Photographic Co. Title on inventory list: Library of Congress, West façade. Detroit Publishing Co. no. "53242". Forms part of: Photochrom Print Collection. More information about the ... More

Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts.

Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts.

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H.H. Baxter Memorial Library, Rutland, Vt.

H.H. Baxter Memorial Library, Rutland, Vt.

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City Library, Manchester, N.H. - A black and white photo of a church

City Library, Manchester, N.H. - A black and white photo of a church

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[Oral tradition, mural at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

[Oral tradition, mural at Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.]

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Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts

Crane Public Library, Quincy, Massachusetts

Date based on Detroit, Catalogue P (1906). "1888" on negative. Detroit Publishing Co. no. 017014. Gift; State Historical Society of Colorado; 1949.

The Family, by Pearce, Library of Congress

The Family, by Pearce, Library of Congress

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