This blog represents a collection of postcards that focuses on libraries in the United States and throughout the world.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
1909 Library, Montclair, New Jersey
Carnegie Library, Huron, South Dakota
[LIB10966] - In 1908, the City Commission accepted the Andrew Carnegie offer of $10,000 to build a Free Library Building for the City of Huron. This building opened to the public September 3, 1909, and served the city for 56 years. In the fall of 1965, the building was razed and the present structure erected on the same site. [Website]
Carnegie Library, Santa Cruz, California
[LIB10965] - This building was built in 1903, with a $20,000 grant of Carnegie funds. It was the main branch of the Santa Cruz Public Libraries, and later became the headquarters for the city/county library system. The front of the library faced the gardens at Santa Cruz City Hall across Cedar St., although this piece of Cedar St. and the present City Hall weren't there until 1937. The Main Library building was considered to be too small as early as 1953, and it was demolished to make way for the present Downtown Branch in 1966. When built in 1903, the building's address was 52 Church St. (Most addresses in Santa Cruz were renumbered between 1947 and 1950, when this building became 224 Church St. [Website]
Friday, March 21, 2014
Library, St. John, New Brunswick, Canada
Schoelcher Library, Fort de France, Martinique, Trinidad
Labels:
Fort de France,
Martinique,
Schoelcher Library,
Trinidad
Library, Baker University, Baldwin, Kansas
[LIB10899] The bottom picture shows a contemporary view of the library, now called Case Library. [Website]
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