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Brightbill, George M.,
collector.
Central Library, Free Library of Philadelphia postcards.
[graphic].
ca. 1927.
2 photomechanical prints (postcards):
photolithograph, color;
9 x 15 cm.(3.5 x 5.5 in.)
Contains 1 postcard printed in color and 1 linen postcard.
Exterior views of the front facade of the Central Branch of the Free Library of Philadelphia, built 1917-25 after designs by Horace Trumbauer.
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.
Libraries
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia.
lctgm
Vine Street (Philadelphia, Pa.)
1901.
Photomechanical prints
Color
1920-1930.
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Postcards
1920-1930.
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Trumbauer, Horace,
1869-1938,
architect.
Library Company of Philadelphia
Print Dept.
Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
Brightbill 132
132-a02-c
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Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
Pr
Brightbill 132
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Brightbill postcards [Libraries - 132]
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Trumbauer, Horace,
1869-1938,
architect.