This blog represents a collection of postcards that focuses on libraries in the United States and throughout the world.
Friday, November 11, 2011
Public Library, Plainfield, New Jersey
[LIB4876] - In 1911, Mr. Carnegie agreed to donate $50,000 for a new building. The Carnegie Building was completed in 1912 and included a large and airy, light-filled Reading Room with a 22-foot high ceiling. There was also a stack room that held 45,000 volumes and a basement lecture room that accommodated 125 people. [read more at the Website of the Plainfield Public Library]
Razed c.1967
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Carnegie library,
new jersey,
Plainfield
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