Library, Florida State University, Tallahassee FL

[LIB0894]

The Florida State College for Women is a large institution, its buildings and modern equipment forming the third largest women's college in the United States. [From the back of the card]

Public Library, Dunedin, FL

[LIB3603]

Library in Bayfront park, Miami, Florida

The park became the site of a new $1.2 main library facility in 1951. Two stories tall, with mezzanine levels, the marble clad building was airy and bright. The new building was the first central home for the city’s fledgling library system after several temporary venues in previous decades. Its location in the park, however, was unfortunate since it blocked the view of the bay from East Flagler Street. The outcry against the new building in the park prompted the state’s Garden Clubs to pressure the Florida Legislature to pass a law by the mid-1950s which prohibited the construction of additional structures in Bayfront Park. [SOURCE] [LIB2417]

c1960s Indian River County Library, Vero Beach, Florida

[HR0308]

Collier County Free Public Library, Naples, Florida

[HR0307]

Public Library, LAKELAND FLORIDA

A view of the library on a "linen" type card popular in the 1940s.

1946 Albertson Public Library, ORLANDO FL

Captain Charles L. Albertson, a retired Police Inspector of New York City, and a winter resident of Orlando, had for many years been collecting books at his home in Waverly, New York. In November 1920, Captain Albertson offered his collection to the City of Orlando, on the condition that it furnish a suitable building to house it. The contract between the city of Orlando and Captain Albertson provided that Orlando would accept the gift of the Albertson collection and furnish the library building; that the library should be known as the Albertson Public Library; that Captain Albertson should be Advisory Superintendent of the Library throughout his lifetime; and that Orlando should suitably maintain the Library. [SOURCE]

[LIB1852]

1979 Merle Kelce Library, University of TAMPA FL

"Main facade of the library shows modified Moorish motif that compliments the distinctive architecture of Henry B. Plant Hall."

The University of Tampa's library opened Oct. 19, 1969, and was originally named in honor of the late St. Louis industrialist, Merl Kelce, whose donation made the construction possible. It was re-named the Macdonald-Kelce Library in 1999 because of the generosity of the Macdonald Family Foundation whose contribution will transform the facility into a state-of-the-art information resource center. The Macdonald-Kelce Library is part of the Tampa Bay Library Consortium. [SOURCE]

[LIB1672]

Public Library, WINTER PARK, FLORIDA FL

Winter Park History and Archives Collection

“The perfume of the orange blossoms . . . the beauty of every scene, combine to make me wonder whether I am not in Paradise,” wrote one visitor to Winter Park, Florida, in 1918. Just five miles north of Orlando, Winter Park’s oak-lined brick streets and its quiet lakes have been attracting visitors since the late 19th century, when U.S. president Chester A. Arthur declared, “This is the prettiest spot I have seen in Florida.” The New England–like city in the heart of the subtropics was once home to the Seminole Hotel, the largest resort south of Jacksonville. In 1885, prestigious Rollins College was founded here, the first institution of higher learning in Florida. [Source: Arcadia Publishing]

1960s MADISON FL North Florida Junior College Library

[LIB0345]

1961 Biscayne Blvd Library, Miami, Florida

[LIB0204]

1960s Library Reading Room, N Florida Junior College, Madison, Florida