Showing posts with label Pasadena. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pasadena. Show all posts

Thursday, January 31, 2013

Public Library, Pasadena, California


[LIB7464] The freedom to know is the foundation of our democracy. The mission of the Pasadena Public Library, a basic municipal service, is to be an information center for the Pasadena community in order to preserve and encourage the free expression of ideas essential to an informed citizenry. [Website]

Wednesday, February 29, 2012

Public Library, Pasadena, California

[LIB6453] - The library pictured on this postcard was located at 285 East Walnut Street, Pasadena. Pasadena's Central Library was designed by the firm of Myron Hunt and H.C. Chambers, the architects of the Huntington Library and Occidental College. The Pasadena Central Library is on the National Register of Historic Places, and has been the location for several major motion pictures. The facility is visited by an average of more than 55,000 people each month.