Public Library, Waco, Texas, 1920

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1912 Carnegie Library, San Antonio, Texas

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1907 Carnegie Library, El Paso, Texas

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Carnegie Library, El Paso, Texas

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1946 Carnegie Library, Greenville, Texas

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1941 Gates Memorial Library, Port Arthur, Texas

[LIB10897] - The Port Arthur History collection includes a special collection of historic photographs. The Library seeks donations to this collection for preservation of  photos and documents for future generations. [Website]

This building is no longer in use as a public library.It is now part of Lamar State College Port Arthur. The Gates Memorial Library is one of the most attractive academic library buildings in the state. The two-story Classical Revival building was entered into the National Register of Historic Places in 1981.

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1911 Carnegie Library, San Antonio, Texas

[Z10515] - Construction workers retrofitting the former San Antonio Public Library and Hertzberg Circus Museum into the National Western Art Foundation’s Dolph and Janie Briscoe Western Art Museum at 210 W. Market St. were recently able to access an abandoned and forgotten room on the third floor of the building.

When they did, they uncovered a cache of previously unknown and uncataloged library items, including an early-edition King James Bible, dated 1615, and a Civil War-era photo album. [Website]

1917, Carnegie Library, Houston, Texas

[LIB10.023] According to Wikipedia, this building was demolished. The Carnegie Library was located at the corner of Travis Street and McKinney Avenue. The lot for the building was purchased from the First Presbyterian Church around 1900-1901, with the library opening in 1904. The lot and building were sold back to the Church twenty-four years later. The building was deemed too small fifteen years after it was built. [Wikipedia]

Public Library, Houston, Texas

[LIB9736] - The Houston Metropolitan Research Center (HMRC) is part of the Houston Public Library System's Special Collections Division which also includes the Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research and the African American Library at the Gregory School. [Website]

Moody Memorial Library, Baylor University, Waco, Texas

[LIB7240] This library was completed in September of 1968. The Moody family donated the first 1 million dollars for its construction which replaces the old Carol Library. Capacity of 600,000 books. [From the back of the card]

Public Library, Paris, Texas

[LIB6681] With a generous contribution by Mr. And Mrs. J. J. Culbertson, the library moved into its own building on South Main Street in 1932. Mr. Culbertson donated the land and financed the $50,000 building, which was to serve as both a library and art gallery. Local labor and materials were utilized whenever possible which was a boon to the area economy. The collection included both adult and juvenile titles and works of art including paintings and statuary on loan from the Culbertsons. [Read more at the Public Library of Paris, Texas website]

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1949 Kemp Public Library, Wichita Falls, Texas

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[LIB6655] - De Leon, Florence, N. Y. P. L. 1916-18, head of the Cataloging Department of the Rosenburg Library, Galveston, Tex., resigned. Appointed to reorganize the catalog of the Kemp Library at Wichita Falls, Texas. [Library journal, Volume 45 (Google eBook)]

Entrance to the Alamo Library, San Antonio, Texas

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Free Public Library, El Paso, Texas

[LIB6440] - Centered in a beautiful park. Building demolished in 1968.

1907 Sims Library, Waxahachie, Texas

[LIB2533] - Nicholas P. Sims donated his estate to build a public library for Waxahachie. Opened to the public April 26, 1905. [Read more at the website]

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1908 Carnegie Library, Dallas, Texas

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Public Library, El Paso, Texas

[LIB1408] - This modern building completed in 1955, has the greatest collection of books to be found in the Southwest. Special rooms for children, a bound periodical and government document room, and private study rooms. A record collection and music listening rooms are among the outstanding features of this library. [From the back of the card.]

Public Library, Dallas, Texas

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In 1954, the badly deteriorating and overcrowded Carnegie facility was torn down and a contemporary six-story facility that held 433,000 books was built in its place. While construction was underway, the Library was housed at the City’s busy train depot, Union Station.

When the new building opened, it featured a listening library, special programming for young adults, and several research units staffed by subject-matter specialists. The building, located on the corner of Commerce and Harwood Streets, is still standing today.

Website [http://www.dallaslibrary2.org/]

1907 Rosenberg Library, Galveston, Texas

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Rosenberg Library has offered over a century of community service to the Galveston area. The building itself was dedicated on June 22, 1904, the birthday of its patron, Henry Rosenberg. The Moody Memorial Wing opened in 1971, more than doubling the floor space and allowing for a children's library, a history center, several galleries to showcase museum collections, and later, a computer lab.

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1912 Carnegie Library, Sulphur Springs, Texas

Building demolished.

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Sulphur Springs, Texas, sixty years ago, 1920