1906 Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

[LIB11013] The Howard-Tilton name comes from a merging in 1938 of the Howard Memorial Library, a private collection that in the 19th century was open to public users and located on Camp Street in downtown New Orleans, and Tulane's former Tilton Library (built in 1902), which was the first free standing library building on the university's uptown campus. [Website]

1908, Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

[LIB10996] This is an original 1908 black and white halftone print of  "The Howard Memorial Library," in New Orleans, Louisiana.

Howard Memorial Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

[LIB10986] Henry Hobson Richardson (1838-1886), a native of Louisiana, created an architectural style of his own, ‘Richardsonian Romanesque’ characterized by a massive, solid stone appearance contrasted with squat towers, Romanesque arches, recessed entrances and bands of windows. This building was built posthumously, in 1889, from an enlarged design he had submitted for the Hoyt Memorial Library in East Saginaw, Michigan. The stone used on this construction is Massachusetts sandstone. The Seal of New Orleans has been carved over the entrance. Inside, the reading room is a grandly scaled circular room with a massive hooded fireplace and an intricate dome-like hammerbeam ceiling carved with wolves.

Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

[LIB7243] The Louisiana Division is a reference division which collects resources relating to the study of Louisiana and its citizens and to the city of New Orleans and New Orleanians. Other areas of concentration are the Mississippi River, the Gulf of Mexico, and the South. Included within the Division's collections are books by or about Louisianians; city, regional, and state documents; manuscripts, maps, newspapers, periodicals, microfilms, photographs, slides, motion pictures, sound recordings, video tapes, postcards, and ephemera of every sort. [Website]

1923 Old Books Store, G.F. Castleden Pen and Ink Sketch

[LIB6620] - Castleden's studio was located at 623 St. Peter Street, New Orleans, La. This is a typical old book shop on Royal Street.

1912 Public Library, New Orleans, Louisiana

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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]

1947 Memorial Library, Shreveport, Louisiana

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