1913 Public Library, Prospect Park Branch, Brooklyn, NY

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Known as "Prospect Branch" until 1975, Park Slope Branch began at the turn of the century with a small collection of natural history books housed in Prospect Park's Litchfield Mansion. It soon moved to a storefront on Ninth Street, and in 1906 a Carnegie library was built across the street. Interior features include a stained-glass archways supported by freestanding columns, two tiled fireplaces and a vaulted, stained-glass ceiling- original details that remains today. [Thanks to the Brooklyn Public Library www.brooklynpubliclibrary.org]

Public Library, Fort Wayne, Indiana

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"This four-story $4.2 million building houses over one million volumes in one of the largest book collections in the country. Located at 900 Webster Street it was dedicated August 21, 1968." [From the back of the card]

Now named the Allen County Public Library.

Public Library, Danielson, CT

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Also known as Bugbee Memorial Library.

Classic Revival Style; Walter J. Paine, Architect; 1-story, hip-roofed buff brick building; elaborate pavilion with recessed arched opening’s classic details include freestanding columns within arched entry, crossetted entry surround, cornice with egg and dart molding and dentils, quoins, dentillated window caps, inspirational tablets along frieze; Palladian windows on side elevations; metal cresting along roof; interior largely original with oak mantels, columns and cornice. [Thanks to the Town of Killingly, CT www.killinglyct.gov]

1912 Public Library, Delphos, Ohio

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The original Carnegie Library was opened to Delphos residents in 1912. The library was built and furnished for $11,785, in the center of a city park, surrounded by 45 maple trees. [Thanks to www.delphos.lib.oh.us]

Bennett Martin Library, Lincoln, NE

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Bennett S. "Abe" Martin was a leading business, civic, and political figure in Lincoln for many years. He served as Lincoln's mayor from 1956 to 1959 after a term on the city council. Martin and his wife, Dorothy Bridgmon Martin, were noted for their many philanthropies, including the endowment that allowed construction of the library that bears the family name. [Thanks to lancaster.ne.gov]

Library, St. Clair, Michigan

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Like many libraries in the area, the St. Clair Library, founded in 1869, began through the members of the Ladies Library Association. Initially the members met in their homes until 1874 when the library acquired space in some of the rooms at City Hall. The library moved again around 1944 to the Schwab Building on Riverside.

The Library is the building on the left.