Gilpin Library, Interior, Historical Society, Chicago, Illinois

 

Millions of Books in Chicago's Great Public Library!

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Public Library, Chicago, Illinois

[LIB9017] The Public Library, located on Michigan Avenue and Washington Street, is one of the large libraries in the United States. Contains a circulating library of 382,280 volumes; nearly two million books per year are drawn for home use. [From the back of the card]

Library, Chicago, Illinois

[LIB7714] Published by H. C. Leighton Co., Portland, Me. Manufacturers of Postal Cards. Made in Germany. No. 692

1908 Newberry Library, Chicago, Illinois

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Harper Memorial Library, University of Chicago, Illinois

[LIB0361] - The University of Chicago is located on the south side, 7 miles from the business center, facing the Midway Plaisance, the campus now covering an area of 95 acres. William Rainey Harper Memorial Library stands at the south end of the grounds.

Public Library, Chicago, IL

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"Make thy books thy companions. Let thy cases and shelves be thy pleasure grounds and gardens." Judah ibn-Tibbon (12th century)

Interior View, Chicago Public Library, IL

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1939 Public Library, Chicago, Illinois

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"The Public Library is located on Michigan Boulevard, extending from E. Washington St. to E. Randolph St. The building contains 110,000 square feet of floor space. The library is stocked with books upon almost every subject. There are extensive collections of art books and books in foreign languages, history, biography and travel. The library board maintains seventeen branch libraries and six branch reading rooms, also over a hundred delivery stations." [From the back of the card]

1937 Chicago Public Libraries, IL

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"Pictured you see the four leading libraries in Chicago. The Chicago Public Library, Harper Memorial Library, John Crerar Library and the Newberry Library. Chicago is truly a bookish town."

1959 Library, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, IL

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Public Library, Chicago IL

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Newberry Library, North Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois

Published by E. C. Kropp, Milwaukee, no. 246.

The Library was founded as a public library by a bequest of Walter Loomis Newberry, a businessman and prominent citizen, who had been an active book collector, founder of the Young Men's Library Association, and president of the Chicago Historical Society before his death in 1868. When he drew up his will, Mr. Newberry created a codicil should his daughters die without issue. Since Chicago had no public library at the time, he determined that in such an instance a public library should be established in the northern section of the city. [SOURCE: http://www.newberry.org/]

1915 Public Library CHICAGO IL

"...located on Michigan Avenue and Washington Street, is one of the largest libraries in the United States. It contains a circulating library of 332,280 volumes, nearly two million books per year are drawn for home use." [LIB1775]

1903 Newberry Library, CHICAGO IL

The Library was founded as a public library by a bequest of Walter Loomis Newberry, a businessman and prominent citizen, who had been an active book collector, founder of the Young Men's Library Association, and president of the Chicago Historical Society before his death in 1868. When he drew up his will, Mr. Newberry created a codicil should his daughters die without issue. Since Chicago had no public library at the time, he determined that in such an instance a public library should be established in the northern section of the city. [SOURCE] [LIB0003]

Harper Memorial Library, University of Chicago, ILLINOIS IL

c1920s
Contemporary view

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1920s Public Library, CHICAGO IL

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1909 Public Library, Michigan Ave. and Washington St., Chicago, Illinois

On Monday, October 11, 1897, the Central Library, at Michigan Avenue between Washington and Randolph Streets, opened its doors to the public. The building, located on the grounds of Dearborn Park, (named for the Fort Dearborn Military Reservation that formally encompassed the area) cost approximately $2 million to design and build. The building was designed by A.H. Coolidge, associate of the firm Shepley, Rutan & Coolidge of Chicago. In designing this building, 25 draftsmen took one year to complete approximately 1,200 drawings. Heedful of the lessons of the Chicago Fire, they designed the building to be practically incombustible.

1905 Newburry Library CHICAGO IL