library

Tuckerton Library, 380 Bay Avenue, Tuckerton, Ocean County, NJ

Survey number: HABS NJ-1119 Building/structure dates: 1875 Initial Construction

Manuscript and print version of the 1815 listing of Thomas Jefferson's...

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[Design drawing for stoves in the Library at the U.S. Capitol in Washi...

Inscribed: "Stoves in the Library at Washington." Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).

The Lessing J. Rosenwald collection : a catalog of the gifts of Lessin...

Professor John Breckenridge House, 72 Library Place, Princeton, Mercer...

Survey number: HABS NJ-790 Public domain photograph - New Jersey, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

New York Society Library, 109 University Place, New York, New York Cou...

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Drapery study for figure of Botany Library of Congress

Study drawing shows the dress and drapery for the allegorical figure of "Botany" for the painting, The sciences, in the south end lunette of the Southwest Gallery in the Library of Congress' Jefferson Building.... More

Princeton University, Library, Nassau Street between Witherspoon & Tul...

Survey number: HABS NJ-791 Public domain photograph - historic landmark, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Indianapolis Public Library, 2822 East Washington Street, Indianapolis...

Survey number: HABS IN-171 Public domain photograph of architectural diagram, building plan, section, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Juneau Public Library, 292 Marine Way, Juneau, Juneau Borough, AK

Survey number: HABS AK-113 Public domain photograph - historical image of Alaska, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Leicester B. Holland, Chief of Fine Arts Division, Library of Congres...

Frances Benjamin Johnston Collection. Public domain photograph - Portrait, United States, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Front of Boston Library, Franklin place

Architectural drawing showing partial elevation of the front of the Boston Library at Franklin Place. Central pavilion of Tontine Crescent features pedimented central portico with in-antis Ionic columns framing... More

Oliver Ames Free Library, 53 Main Street, North Easton, Bristol County...

Significance: The library was designed by Henry Hobson Richardson, one of America's greatest architects. Richardson's name has become synonymous with Romanesque design. Together with Landscape Architect, Fred... More

Kalaheo School, Library, Maka Road & Puu Road, Kalaheo, Kauai County, ...

Significance: The significance of this building relates to developments in public education in the Territory of Hawaii, the architecture of Kauai's public schools, and the specific history of the settlement of ... More

Kalaheo School, Library, Maka Road & Puu Road, Kalaheo, Kauai County, ...

Significance: The significance of this building relates to developments in public education in the Territory of Hawaii, the architecture of Kauai's public schools, and the specific history of the settlement of ... More

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More

Redwood Library, 50 Bellevue Avenue, Newport, Newport County, RI

Significance: The Redwood Library is a notable specimen of the architectural taste of the early 18th century. As an important work of the architect Peter Harrison, it is a key building in the introduction of E... More

The arts - decoration for the Library of Congress

Scaled cartoon for large mural painting showing cherubs and five women representing various arts. Study for tympanum in southwest gallery of the Jefferson Building. "Scale 1 in. to 1 foot." Gift; Allyn Cox.

Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More

Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More

Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More

Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More

Carnegie Library, 402 East Oklahoma Avenue, Guthrie, Logan County, OK

Significance: This Second Renaissance Revival structure was the scene of numerous historic events: the inauguration of both the last of the territorial governors and the first Governor of Statehood Oklahoma. T... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Thomas Holme Branch, 7810 Frankford Aven...

Significance: Completed in 1906, the Thomas Holme Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the fifth of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist And... More

Blenheim Library, State Route 727, Charlottesville, Charlottesville, V...

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Newton Free Library, 414 Centre Street, Newton Corner, Middlesex Count...

Significance: The building represents one of the first 19th century "free libraries" constructed in Massachusetts and was an important public building in Newton from 1870-1991. The original building was design... More

Newton Free Library, 414 Centre Street, Newton Corner, Middlesex Count...

Significance: The building represents one of the first 19th century "free libraries" constructed in Massachusetts and was an important public building in Newton from 1870-1991. The original building was design... More

Memo to Chief of the Library of Congress Mail Division, including a po...

Venue: Library of Congress, Division of Music

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

Claflin College, Lee Library, College Avenue, Orangeburg, Orangeburg C...

Significance: The Lee Library has an unusual picturesque plan and classical details in its brickwork. It is a fine example of the inventive adaptations of classical precedents from the late Victorian period. It... More

Claflin College, Lee Library, College Avenue, Orangeburg, Orangeburg C...

Significance: The Lee Library has an unusual picturesque plan and classical details in its brickwork. It is a fine example of the inventive adaptations of classical precedents from the late Victorian period. It... More

Hieroglyphics, Library of Congress, Washington, D.C.

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Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Av...

Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features ... More

Ross Memorial Library Building, Main Street between Sixth & Seventh Av...

Significance: Excellent example of Carnegiesque influence in civic architecture of the period. Small stone building with flat roof and pedimented portico. The roof edge is balustraded and the pediment features ... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Oak Lane Branch, 6614 North 12th Street,...

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

Harvard University Campus & Library, Panoramic Photograph

J207731 U.S. Copyright Office Copyright deposit; Irving Underhill; October 21, 1915; DLC/PP-1915:45004. Copyright claimant's address: New York. No. M-68.

Fort Vancouver, Post Library, Vancouver, Clark County, WA

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-23 Survey number: HABS WA-41-D National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 06001216

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Principle floor plan, vestibu...

Inscriptions on recto: "Plan of the PRINCIPAL FLOOR of the CAPITOL U.S. 1817." "Those parts which are colored light red denote the walls remaining, and carried up since the conflagration of 1814. Those of a... More

Barron Library, Rahway Avenue & Port Reading Avenue, Woodbridge, Middl...

Survey number: HABS NJ-861 Public domain scan of a plan of settlement buildings, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Clark Howell Homes, Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library, 538 Luckie S...

Significance: The Anne Wallace Branch Carnegie Library was the first branch library in Atlanta. Built in 1908, and named after the first librarian of the Carnegie Library System of Atlanta (predecessor to the F... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Logan Branch, 1333 Wagner Avenue, Philad...

Significance: Completed in 1918, the Kingsessing Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was the twenty-first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropi... More

[United States Capitol, Washington, D.C. Library of Congress, variant ...

Inscription on recto: 4 ft. to an inch. Date: 1818-1820 (William Allen). Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R).

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 ...

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 ...

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

National Home for Disabled Volunteer Soldiers, Danville Branch, Carneg...

Survey number: HABS IL-1232-C National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 91001973

Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Av...

Significance: Completed in 1906, the Lehigh Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist An... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Lehigh Avenue Branch, 601 West Lehigh Av...

Significance: Completed in 1906, the Lehigh Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia was one of the first of twenty-five branch libraries built through an endowment from industrialist-turned-philanthropist An... More

Alcove of the Society Library, New York

Title on verso. (DLC/PP-1933:0205). Forms part of: Cabinet of American illustration (Library of Congress). Published in: "Recent Architecture in America," Century, 28:66 (May 1884).

[James Garfield and family in library(?)]

142592 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright by Kurz & Allison, art publishers, Chicago. Published in: Presidential Pets / Niall Kelly (1992), p. 40.

University of Kentucky, Carnegie Library, Lexington, Fayette County, K...

Significance: One of two Carnegie Libraries in Lexington, Kentucky. Built with a bequest of $26,500 from the Carnegie Foundation. Miss Margaret I. King, for whom present University of Kentucky Library is name... More

The stereograph as an educator - Underwood patent extension cabinet in...

Photograph shows a woman viewing stereographs in her home; she is sitting in front of a fireplace with a cabinet for stereographs on her right. H2526 U.S. Copyright Office. Copyright 1901 by Underwood & Underwood.

Florida Southern College, E. T. Roux Library, McDonald & Johnson Avenu...

See HABS No. FL-323 for written data. Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-82 Survey number: HABS FL-323-D Building/structure dates: ca. 1957 Initial Construction

Library Hall, 1409 West Green Street, Urbana, Champaign County, IL

2008 Charles E. Peterson Prize, Honorable Mention Significance: Library Hall, built in 1896, was one of the first buildings on the University of Illinois at Champaign-Urbana's Quadrangle and remains its corners... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...

Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More

Free Library of Philadelphia, Central Library, 1901 Vine Street, Phila...

Significance: The Central Library, built between 1917 and 1927, was designed by well-known architect Horace Trumbauer and his associate Julian Abele and it is the flagship of the Philadelphia Free Library syste... More

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 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 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 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

San Bernardino Valley College, Library, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue,...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

San Bernardino Valley College, Library, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue,...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

San Bernardino Valley College, Library, 701 South Mount Vernon Avenue,...

Significance: The San Bernadino Valley College contains the core complex of the first junior college in California, built under 1921 legislative guidelines and standards established for junior colleges. These ... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Sacramento Junior College, Library, 3835 Freeport Boulevard, Sacrament...

Significance: This facility, constructed between 1936 and 1937, was the first building of the multi-component Sacramento Junior College Annex, a Public Works Administration project. The library was built as cl... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Ives Memorial Library, 133 Elm Street, New Haven, New Haven County, CT

Significance: The Ives Memorial Building of the Free Public Library is New Haven's most important example of architecture and design influenced by the early twentieth century civic improvement, or "City Beautif... More

Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Wash...

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Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Wash...

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Howard University, Founders Library, 2400 Sixth Street Northwest, Wash...

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Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Berkeley Public Library, 2090 Kittredge Street, Berkeley, Alameda Coun...

Significance: As a major civic work designed by distinguished local architect James Plachek, the Berkeley Public Library is both architecturally and culturally significant. The building, which is sited promine... More

Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence A...

Significance: The nation's "main" library, the Library of Congress serves not only Congress but also acts as central source for resources collection and for copyright. Building is one of the world's largest an... More

Library of Congress, Northeast corner of First Street & Independence A...

Significance: The nation's "main" library, the Library of Congress serves not only Congress but also acts as central source for resources collection and for copyright. Building is one of the world's largest an... More

Lewis Library, Glasgow, Howard County, MO

Unprocessed Field note material exists for this structure: FN-111 Survey number: HABS MO-1471 Building/structure dates: 1866 Initial Construction

Catalogue of the Library of the United States : to which is annexed, a...

Half title located on p. [1], 2nd group. Prepared by the librarian, George Watterston. Based on a manuscript, made ca. 1812, of Thomas Jefferson's personal library sold to the Congress in 1814. Cf. Papers of th... More

[Title page for the Catalogue of the Library of the United States to w...

This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Catalog no. 15, Rare Bk Div.

[North Corridor, Great Hall. "Rest" mural in lunette from the Family a...

Forms part of the Library of Congress Series in the Carol M. Highsmith Archive.

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Side elevation]

Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Plan of principal floor]

Reference copy in LOT 4249 (R). Public domain photograph of building plan, architecture design drawing, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Library of Congress ("Congressional Library Building"), Washington, D...

Public domain image of a large historic building, city hall, urban architecture, free to use, no copyright restrictions - Picryl description

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Transverse section]

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[Book room, Woburn Public Library, Woburn, Massachusetts.]

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Library - City Hall & hose tower - Thomasville, Georgia

In album: Lot 7753-C, p. 71. Public domain photograph of a city hall, public building, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

[Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. Rear elevation, A series]

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Library of Congress construction

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Construction of The Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 7, 189...

No. 30. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., November 21...

No. 37. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., July 30, 18...

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Construction of the Library of Congress, Washington, D.C., Nov. 20, 18...

No. 48. Source unknown. Public domain photograph of historic place in Washington DC, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

Public library, Kalamazoo, Michigan / Patton & Fisher, Architects, Chi...

Print shows the exterior view of the Kalamazoo Public Library and a floor plan of the main floor. Illus. in: The Inland architect and news record, vol. 17, no. 5. Chicago : Inland Publishing Co., June 1891, fo... More