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Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia postcards. [graphic].
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Creator
Brightbill, George M., collector.
Contributor
Trumbauer, Horace, 1869-1938, architect.
Title
Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia postcards. [graphic].
Date
ca. 1927
Physical Description
2 photomechanical prints (postcards): photolithograph, color; 9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Description
Exterior views of the front facade of the Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, built 1917-25 after designs by Horace Trumbauer.
Notes
Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 linen postcard.
The Free Library system began in 1891. The first library occupied three rooms in City Hall in 1894. It moved to 1217-21 Chestnut Street in 1895, to the northeast corner of 13th and Locust Streets in 1910 and into its present site in 1927.
Sheet numbers: 132A02 and 132L01.
Divided backs.
Digitized with funding from a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (PW-506-19-10), 2010-2012.
Subject
Libraries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.
Geographic subject
Vine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.) -- 1901.
Genre
Photomechanical prints -- Color -- 1920-1930.
Postcards -- 1920-1930.
Associated name
Trumbauer, Horace, 1869-1938, architect.
Location
Library Company of Philadelphia| Print Department| Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
Accession number
Brightbill 132
132-a02-c
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