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1908 Mabel Tainter Memorial Library, Menomonie, Wisconsin

[LIB0278] - The Mabel Tainter Theater, originally named the Mabel Tainter Memorial Building, is a historic landmark in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and is registered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Read the Wikipedia article here.

The Library at Mount Vernon, Virginia

[LIB0194] - The Library contains many of George Washington's books, with his own book plates in them; also a map of Mount Vernon, carefully platted by himself. The globe and the clock are original. From a watercolor by F.J. Mayfield. [From the back of the card]

Lee Circle, Showing Library and Shriners Temple, New Orleans, Louisiana

[LIB0192] - Robert E. Lee Circle with the heroic statue of Gen. Robert E. Lee in the center, more than 100 feet high and made by the sculptor Boyle, at a cost of $40,000. To the right of the picture is the Public Library. This spot was known as Tivoli Circle before the monument was erected in 1883. [From the back of the card]

Exhibition Room, The Franklin D. Roosevelt Library, Hyde Park, NY

[LIB0176] - The Library will serve as a depository for the historical material, personal papers and books accumulated by Franklin D. Roosevelt during his long service in Public Office.

The Library was established as an agency of the U.S. Government by a joint resolution of Congress approved July 18th, 1939. [Back of the card].

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The Rutherford B. Hayes Library, Fremont, Ohio

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"The Library's museum, occupying two floors, contains many personal items from the lives of President and Mrs. Hayes and their children. There is also a research library for the Hayes period in American history, containing many thousands of books and manuscripts." [Back of card]

The Burton Historical Collection, Detroit Public Library, Michigan

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"Houses books, pamphlets, maps, pictures, original manuscripts and documents relating to the history of the Great Lakes region from the 16th century to the present."

The Burton Historical Collection of the Detroit Public Library began life as the private library of Clarence Monroe Burton. In addition to being a prominent attorney, Mr. Burton was a Detroit historiographer and the founder of the C. M. Burton Abstract Co. Mr. Burton’s original intention was to assemble a collection on the history of Detroit. Realizing that Detroit’s history was inextricably connected to that of Michigan and the Old Northwest and those histories to that of Canada and New France, he assembled a collection that was one of the most important private historical collections in the county.

Over the course of 40 years, Mr. Burton systematically collected original documents and personal papers of prominent citizens of Detroit and Michigan. By 1914 the library contained 30,000 volumes, 40,000 pamphlets and 500,000 unpublished papers. Mr. Burton donated his collection, including the building it was housed in, to the Detroit Public Library in 1915. The collection was moved to the new main library in 1921.