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1. Northeast Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Turnau, Les
Date Created:
1972 - 1990
Description:
The fiction section of the Northeast branch of Minneapolis Public Library which was built at 2200 Central Avenue Northeas in Minneapolis in 1972 to replace the 1915 Central Avenue branch at the same location.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. Northeast Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Turnau, Les
Date Created:
1972 - 1990
Description:
The Northeast branch of Minneapolis Public Library was built at 2200 Central Avenue Northeas in Minneapolis in 1972 to replace the 1915 Central Avenue branch at the same location.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

3. Visual Aids Departmen, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Sifford, Bruce
Date Created:
1948-11
Description:
"Margaret Fletcher, Assistant in charge of Visual Aids, discusses selection of a film with Mrs. Allan Moore, while the Rev. Elder C. Anderson and George Grenander "preview" a film in a home-made projection unit, constructed from a cardboard carton. Visual Aids Service, Minneapolis Public Library, November, 1948."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Technical Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Sifford, Bruce
Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
A woman consults cookbooks in the Technical Room of Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Art Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Sifford, Bruce
Date Created:
1889 - 1910
Description:
A patron looking at slides in the Art Department in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. Hennepin County Department, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Ryan, George Miles
Date Created:
1922 - 1961
Description:
The Hennepin County Library service began in 1922 and originally had its offices in the downtown Minneapolis Public Library (Old Main). County services continued to operate out of the Minneapolis Central Library downtown from 1961-1973, when the County's library services moved to the Southdale Library. They later moved to the Ridgedale Library building in 1981, where they continue today.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

7. Southeast Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Reynolds, Warren
Date Created:
1967 - 1975
Description:
The Southeast branch of Minneapolis Public Library is located at 1222 Fourth Street Southeast, Mineapolis, Minnesota. Designed by architect Ralph Rapson, the building originally housed a credit union, but was converted to library use in 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. Southeast Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Reynolds, Warren
Date Created:
1966
Description:
The Southeast branch of Minneapolis Public Library is located at 1222 Fourth Street Southeast, Mineapolis, Minnesota. Designed by architect Ralph Rapson, the building originally housed a credit union, but was converted to library use in 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

9. Southeast Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Reynolds, Warren
Date Created:
1967 - 1975
Description:
The Southeast branch of Minneapolis Public Library is located at 1222 Fourth Street Southeast, Mineapolis, Minnesota. Designed by architect Ralph Rapson, the building originally housed a credit union, but was converted to library use in 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Longfellow Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Ray, Gordon
Date Created:
1937 - 1968
Description:
The front entrance of the Longfellow branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Formerly a private residence, in 1937 the house was converted to serve as a library by the Works Progress Administration. In 1968 it was replaced by the Nokomis Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

11. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
The North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

12. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
Interior of the North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, which is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

13. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
The North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
The North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

15. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
The North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

16. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
Interior of the North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, which is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

17. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
The North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

18. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
The children's area in the North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, which is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

19. North Regional Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Peterson, Dale
Date Created:
1972
Description:
Interior of the North Regional Library, at 1315 Lowry Avenue North, which is part of Minneapolis Public Library. Designed by Minneapolis architectural firm Miller Dunwiddie, the building opened in 1971, and was renovated in 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

20. Art Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kammerdiener, J. H.
Date Created:
1926-12-13
Description:
"Art Department of the Minneapolis Public Library, Dec. 13, 1926. Before the Music Department was moved from the front room. Leonora Mann (left) and Ruth Thompson (right) at the charging desk. Phot made by J.H. Kammerdiener and given by him to the Minneapolis Collection, April 1942."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Children reading in the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Parent-Teacher Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1923
Description:
The Parent-Teacher Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Library Hospital Service, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1928
Description:
Librarian Mrs. Elva Bailey, first head of the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service, is shown bringing a cart of reading material to a Children's Ward in Minneapolis General Hospital in 1928.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

24. East Lake Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1924 - 1940
Description:
The front entrance of the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, which opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Clipping collection, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Patrons using the clipping collection in vertical files in the Central Minneapolis Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. Business and Municipal Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Exterior of the Business and Municipal Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library in 1916, at 508 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1911 - 1954
Description:
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1970s the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

28. Technical Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
A party for night school students in the Reading Room of the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

30. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Reading Room in the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library which opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

32. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Children play a game under the supervision of library staff at the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy. This branch, at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, was in service from 1912 to 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

33. Music Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1923
Description:
The Music Department in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library. "Grace Nelson at desk, at table (back to front) Ruth Wedermann center table in fur coat, Sadie Fisher Petersen (singer); table far right, Frances Kelley (pianist)."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

34. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1900-1930
Description:
Exterior of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. This building opened in 1889 and was in service until 1959.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Camden Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1910 - 1954
Description:
The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was housed in the John D. Webber Memorial Fieldhouse in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and razed for a new library building in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Book stacks, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920 - 1939
Description:
The book stacks in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library were not open to the public.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

37. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Getsug, Don
Date Created:
1968 - 1980
Description:
The main lobby of the Nokomis branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 5100 Thirty-fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Hanging from the ceiling is a sculpture titled "Wind and Water Chime" by Donald Celender. Built in 1968, the building was designed by�Buetow and Associates, Inc�and replaced the nearby�Longfellow Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

38. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Getsug, Don
Date Created:
1968 - 1980
Description:
The children's area of the Nokomis branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 5100 Thirty-fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built in 1968, the building was designed by�Buetow and Associates, Inc�and replaced the nearby�Longfellow Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

39. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Getsug, Don
Date Created:
1968 - 1980
Description:
Exterior of the Nokomis branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 5100 Thirty-fourth Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota. Built in 1968, the building was designed by�Buetow and Associates, Inc�and replaced the nearby�Longfellow Community Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

40. Young People's Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Edmundson, Ed. G.
Date Created:
1949-10
Description:
"High school youngsters watch the football game on a television set in the Young People's Room, Minneapolis Public Library, Ocober 1949."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

41. East Lake Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Croft, John
Date Created:
1976-05-04
Description:
The main entrance of the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 2727 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This facility housed the library branch from 1976 to 2005.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. Minneapolis Club, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Bateman, W. Ernest
Date Created:
1900
Description:
Exterior view of club with street and pedestrians in foreground at 2nd Avenue and 8th Street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

43. Youth Goes to War, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936 - 1945
Description:
Student representatives from each Minneapolis High School aid in setting up the exhibit "Youth Goes to War" in the Young People's Room of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. Young People's Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949?
Description:
"Young people from high schools all over the city meet to look over school annuals and papers, read from the book collection especially selected for teen-agers and talk over school events in the Young People's Room at the Main Minneapolis Public Library."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. World War I parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919-05-08
Description:
Celebration of 151st Field Artillery (Gopher Gunners); World War I Parade at Loring Park.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. World War I parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919-05-08
Description:
151st officers saluting memorial; World War I Parade at Loring Park.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

47. World War I parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919-05-08
Description:
Marshall of Parade, Chief of Staff, and aids.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

48. World War I parade, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919-05-08
Description:
World War I return celebration for 151st Field Artillery.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

49. World War I memorial in Loring Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919-05-08
Description:
Temporary memorial erected in Loring Park.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. World War I memorial in Loring Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919-05-08
Description:
Close up of stone memorial with inscriptions and decorated with flowers.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

51. Workers who read, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1905 - 1920
Description:
A typewritten note attached to the photo reads: "Workers Who Read -- Since 1905 the Library has given service to telephone operators, firemen, clerks, streetcar employees and many other groups who find it difficult to get to the Central or branch libraries. There are now 45 stations located in factories and business houses. Please return to Minneapolis Public Library, Publicity Office, Hennepin at 10th." Minneapolis Public Library was founded in 1885 and merged with Hennepin County Library in 2008.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

52. West Lake Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926 - 1946
Description:
The West Lake branch of Minneapolis Public Library operated from this location at West Lake Street and Pillsbury Avenue f rom 1926 to 1946.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

53. Washburn Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970?
Description:
The Washburn branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, located at 5244 Lyndale Avenue South, was built in 1970.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

54. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1960
Description:
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1981 the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

55. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1970s the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

56. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1950
Description:
The Adult Department of the Walker Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This branch opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South where it functioned until the 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

57. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1950
Description:
The Reference area of the Walker Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This branch opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South where it functioned until the 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

58. Touring the stacks, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949-10-01
Description:
Roosevelt High School seniors go through the central book stacks on a visit to the Minneapolis Public Library. A clipping taped to the back reads, " Back in the stacks, students see volumes not in popular use by library patrons. The public is not permitted in the stacks, but for the purposes of the tour, library officials allowed students to browse in the forbidden territory. Left to right, David Swanson, Joan Haenel, Wendell C. Anderson and Joan Dahl, front, enter the stacks."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

59. Teen Age Book Show, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1945
Description:
A display in the window of Powers book store for the Teen Age Book Show to be held at the Minneapolis Public Library in October 1945.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

60. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
The lobby of the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

61. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954-05
Description:
The Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

62. Sumner Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

63. St. Anthony Public Library, Hennepin County Library, St. Anthony, Minnesota

Date Created:
1963 - 2002
Description:
Exterior view of the St. Anthony branch of Hennepin County Library, including a book drop and telephone booth. St. Anthony Library has been providing service to St. Anthony and northeast Minneapolis residents since 1963, when it opened in a storefront in St. Anthony Shopping Center, Minnesota. In 2002 the library moved to a different section of the shopping center, at 2941 Pentagon Drive Northeast.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

64. Southeast Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1967 - 1975
Description:
The Southeast branch of Minneapolis Public Library is located at 1222 Fourth Street Southeast, Mineapolis, Minnesota. Designed by architect Ralph Rapson, the building originally housed a credit union, but was converted to library use in 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

65. Social Services, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954-05
Description:
Social Services, Minneapolis Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

66. Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
An array of library visitors reading books and periodicals.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

67. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912-1920
Description:
Patrons fill the Reading Room of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, built in 1912 at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South and in use until 1967. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

68. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1930
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

69. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1950
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

70. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Children in a basement room of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy. This branch, at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, was in service from 1912 to 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

71. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912 - 1930
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

72. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

73. Seton Guild Building, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1918-06-10
Description:
Building exterior with trees and skyline.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

74. School children pulling Stevens house to Minnehaha Park, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1896
Description:
A parade of children headed by four horses and a gentleman carrying American flag.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

75. Roosevelt Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
The Roosevelt branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, at 4026 Twenty-eighth Avenue South, opened in 1927 and wasadded to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

76. Robbinsdale Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Interior view of the Robbinsdale branch of the Hennepin County Library, showing the reference desk and patrons reading. The library was located at 4915 42nd Avenue NorthRobbinsdale library patrons are now served by the Rockford Road Library in Crystal, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

77. Robbinsdale Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1950
Description:
This building used to house the Robbinsdale Community Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Built in 1925 by the Robbinsdale Library Club on Rockford Road, now known as 42nd Avenue North, it now houses the Robbinsdale Historical Society and Robbin Gallery.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

78. Robbinsdale Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Exterior view of the Robbinsdale branch of the Hennepin County Library, located at 4915 42nd Avenue North. Robbinsdale library patrons are now served by the Rockford Road Library in Crystal, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

79. Robbinsdale Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Robbinsdale, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Interior view of the Robbinsdale branch of the Hennepin County Library, showing a librarian at the reference desk and patrons reading. The library was located at 4915 42nd Avenue North. Robbinsdale library patrons are now served by the Rockford Road Library in Crystal, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

80. Richfield Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Richfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961
Description:
Stacks area of the third location of the Richfield Public Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Located at 70th Street and Nicollet Avenue South, this building was in use from 1961 to 1975 and was designed by architect Ralph Shimer, a Richfield resident.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

81. Richfield Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Richfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1972-06-30
Description:
Exterior view of the third location of the Richfield Public Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Located at 70th Street and Nicollet Avenue South, this building was in use from 1961 to 1975 and was designed by architect Ralph Shimer, a Richfield resident.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

82. Richfield Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Richfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-05
Description:
Taken soon after construction, this photo shows the exterior of the third location of the Richfield Public Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Located at 70th Street and Nicollet Avenue South, this building was in use from 1961 to 1975 and was designed by architect Ralph Shimer, a Richfield resident.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

83. Pillsbury Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Exterior of the Pillsbury branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, located at 100 University Avenue Southeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota. This branch was in service from 1904 to 1967, when it was replaced by the Southeast branch.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

84. Pierre Bottineau Branch Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958-09-30
Description:
The front window of the Pierre Bottineau branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, in rented quarters at 1224 Northeast Second Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

85. Pierre Bottineau Branch Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958-09-30
Description:
The front entrance of the Pierre Bottineau branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, in rented quarters at 1224 Northeast Second Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

86. Pierre Bottineau Branch Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1957-09-30
Description:
The front entrance of the Pierre Bottineau branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, in rented quarters at 1224 Northeast Second Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It shared a building with a business called Leitschuh's.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

87. Penn Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970 -- the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington -- and was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-1957) and Lincoln High School (1957-1962).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

88. Penn Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1990
Description:
Exterior view, with bike racks, of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970 -- the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington -- and was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-1957) and Lincoln High School (1957-1962).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

89. Osseo Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Osseo, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
The first library in the Osseo community opened in 1922 in the Commercial Club Room on the upper floor of the Hovorka drugstore. Over the next several years, the library moved to the local Town Hall, a space in the village s former jail, the Masonic building, and finally to its current location in Osseo City Hall at 415 Central Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

90. North Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920-03-11
Description:
Exterior of the North branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This building, at 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was designed by architect Frederick Corser and served the north Minneapolis community from 1893 to 1977.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

91. North Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1960
Description:
Exterior of the North branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This building, at 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was designed by architect Frederick Corser and served the north Minneapolis community from 1893 to 1977.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

92. North Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919
Description:
Interior of the North branch of Minneapolis Public Library, showing Miss Irene Newman at the circulation desk. This building, at 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was designed by architect Frederick Corser and served the north Minneapolis community from 1893 to 1977.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

93. North Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893 - 1910
Description:
Exterior of the North branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This building, at 1834 Emerson Avenue North, Minneapolis, Minnesota, was designed by architect Frederick Corser and served the north Minneapolis community from 1893 to 1977.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

94. Music Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949-10-01
Description:
Records and a record player in the Music Department of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library. A clipping taped to the back reads, "Mrs. Gladys Wilson explains records available at the library lending room to Roosevelt High School students. Left to right, Mrs. Wilson, Nancy Smith, Jim Franklin, Janet Weber."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

95. Museum-Planetarium, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961 - 1970
Description:
"More than 1,200 city and county residents -- from school children to senior citizens -- enjoy the new museum-planetarium each day. The new policy of holdling planetarium shows on Sunday afternoon has atrracted 1,500-1,600 persons, largely family groups, each Sunday."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

96. Mound Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Mound, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-03
Description:
Interior of the Mound branch of the Hennepin County Library, showing a reference librarian and many patrons reading. Public library service in Mound and the surrounding communities began in 1915, when Minneapolis Public Library made a small book collection available to area residents. In 1922, Hennepin County Library assumed responsibility for the library in Mound, and it has since operated out of various community locations. The current Westonka Library opened in 1972.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

97. Morningside Community Library, Hennepin County Library, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1974 - 1975
Description:
Front entrance of the Morningside Community Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

98. Microfilm record, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-04-07
Description:
"Copy of microfilm record made on reader-printer is trimmed and inserted in window envelope. Enclosed ia a reminder to the patron that his material is overdue. 4-7-1961."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

99. Microfilm reader, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-04-07
Description:
"Overdue notices are made automatically on a 'Filmac100' microfilm reader-printer from microfilmed records. Shown, Judy Berglin, Circulation. 4-7-1961."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

100. Microfiche reader, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
A microfiche reader used to peruse the library catalog at the Central Library of Minneapolis Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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