This blog represents a collection of postcards that focuses on libraries in the United States and throughout the world.
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Tuesday, February 27, 2018
Monday, February 26, 2018
Wednesday, February 21, 2018
Monday, February 12, 2018
Friday, February 9, 2018
Gunn Library, Washington, Connecticut, c1910
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Gunn Memorial Library, designed by Ehrick Rossiter, was opened and dedicated in 1908. This to me looks like such a charming library. By the way, The Library was awarded the Excellence in Public Library Service Award by the Connecticut Library Association and the Connecticut State Library in 2001 for the category of public libraries serving towns with a population of less than 25,000.
Tuesday, February 6, 2018
Thursday, February 1, 2018
Carnegie Library, Armada, Michigan
Public library service began in Armada, Michigan, in 1901, when voters approved a ¼ mill tax levy. Elizabeth Pomeroy, Armada’s first librarian, was in charge of a modest opening-day collection of 87 volumes. As the library grew, the board of commissioners sought Carnegie funding to build a permanent, dedicated library building. In 1913, a grant of $8000 was awarded. The red brick and limestone library was built on church Street and opened 03 April 1915. [http://www.waymarking.com/waymarks/WM7VXM_Armada_Free_Public_Library_Armada_Michigan]
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Carnegie Library, Cumberland, Wisconsin
Cumberland Public Library was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1992 for its significance in architecture, education and social history. It is a Carnegie library.
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Thayer Library, Uxbridge, Massachusetts
In 1893, Edward C Thayer gifted the land and building now known as the Uxbridge Free Public Library to the community of Uxbridge.
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Library, Hiram College, Ohio
Hiram College is a private liberal arts college located in Hiram, Ohio. It was founded in 1850 as the Western Reserve Eclectic Institute by Amos Sutton Hayden and other members of the Disciples of Christ Church.
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