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301. Basement of the Central Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915
Description:
Work completed, including electrical meters at left and a steam-driven pump.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

302. Bloomington Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973
Description:
Patrons browsing in the first Bloomington Public Library, located at 98th St. & Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

303. Bloomington Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973
Description:
Patrons browsing in the first Bloomington Public Library, located at 98th St. & Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

304. Bloomington Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973-08
Description:
Patrons reading at a table first Bloomington Public Library, located at 98th St. & Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

305. Bloomington Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1965-08-16
Description:
Exterior view of the first Bloomington Public Library, located at 98th St. and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

306. Bloomington Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973-08
Description:
Exterior view of the first Bloomington Public Library, located at 98th St. and Nicollet Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

307. Bob Boese, Director, with a book display at East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1999
Description:
Director Bob Boese, with a woman from Isanti County near a book display during the 40th anniversary celebration of the East Central Regional Library, 1999. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

308. Bob Boese, Director, with public catalog stations at East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1996
Description:
East Central Regional Library's Director, Bob Boese, testing one of three public catalog stations on the first day of the automation system, IMPACK, in Cambridge, Minnesota, April 1, 1996. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

309. Boiler room in basement of the Central Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915-12-16
Description:
Installation of boiler.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

310. Book binding machine, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949-10-01
Description:
A clipping taped to the back reads, "Students visit the book bindery. Mrs. Zoe Oberg, at machine, demonstrates repair work to Roy Holmquist, Wesley Rust, Dorothy Risser and Marlene Cihlar."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

311. Bookmobile Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1939
Description:
Patrons enter and exit the Minneapolis Public Library Bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

312. Bookmobile, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Description:
East Central Regional Library's last bookmobile. Purchased in 1996 for $103,000, it was the first new bookmobile in 20 years. It was built on a Bluebird bus chassis, held 3,500 items, had an onboard generator and a lift for accessibility, and it featured an ""air ride."" East Central Regional Library ended bookmobile services in May 2009. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

313. Bookmobile, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Description:
In 1986, the box from a previous East Central Regional Library bookmobile was mounted on a new truck frame. Because the lights and heat ran off the alternator, it did not run during the coldest months. Nevertheless, it logged 298,000 miles during its service. Founded in 1959, is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

314. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
A nun entering the Great River Regional Library bookmobile parked in front of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, in Sobieski, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

315. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
Great River Regional Library bookmobile parked in front of the Flensburg Fire Department building, Flensburg, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

316. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
Great River Regional Library bookmobile parked in front of St. Stanislaus Catholic Church, Sobieski, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

317. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
Great River Regional Library bookmobile parked in front of the Flensburg Fire Department building, Flensburg, Minnesota
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

318. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
Nuns inside the Great River Regional Library bookmobile while it visited St. Stanislaus Catholic Church in Sobieski, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

319. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
Patrons chat with staff in the Great River Regional Library bookmobile. The driver is Marvin Glasser and the librarian is Doris Weiman.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

320. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981?
Description:
The Great River Regional Library bookmobile parked inside the Headquarters loading dock, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

321. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1979
Description:
View of the Hennepin County Library Bookmobile from the 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

322. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1962?
Description:
"This 1962 Hennepin County Library Bookmobile, one of two serving the 500 square mile area of rural and suburban Hennepin County, replaces a 1950 bookmobile. Carring 3000 volumes, it travels 1000 miles a month, serving over 6000 families, supplementing services of 23 county branch libraries."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

323. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1935-1945
Description:
An early Hennepin County bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

324. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1925 - 1940
Description:
An early Hennepin County bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

325. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1970
Description:
A Hennepin County Library bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

326. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940-08
Description:
ThIs Hennepin County Library bookmobile was displayed at the Hopkins County Fair, Aug. 15-18, 1940. It is shown parked with a display case of reading materials set up alongside it.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

327. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995-09-18
Description:
This photo was taken on the last day of service for this bookmobile, Sept. 18, 1995.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

328. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1995
Description:
Hennepin County Library's Mobile Library parked in a garage.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

329. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1960
Description:
Children leave the Hennepin County bookmobile with armloads of books.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

330. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1945
Description:
Staff, patrons and dogs outside the Hennepin County Library Bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

331. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1945
Description:
Patrons with armloads of books from the Hennepin County Library bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

332. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1940
Description:
The Hennepin County Library bookmobile parked by the side of a road.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

333. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1942-02-19
Description:
A note on the back indicates that this was Hennepin County Library's "new Dodge Truck, Feb. 19, 1942."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

334. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930-1945
Description:
A caption attached to this photo reads: "The lilbrary goes to the county -- Through the Hennepin Couty Library, 23 branches, 14 stations and 86 schools also receive library service in addition to the 300 neighborhood stops."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

335. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1945
Description:
Students take armloads of books from the Hennepin County Library bookmobile, parked in front of a school building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

336. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 - 1930
Description:
The Hennepin County Free Library Service truck is parked in front of the home of William Layman.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

337. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915 - 1930
Description:
Student read books delivered to them at their school by the Hennepin County Library bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

338. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922
Description:
A woman in a fur coat peruses a book from the Hennepin County Library Bookmobile on a snowy day. Shown in the background is the Hennepin Hardware Company building.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

339. Bookmobile in front of the Royalton Community Library, Great River Regional Library, Royalton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975?
Description:
The Great River Regional Library Bookmobile is shown parked in front of the Royalton Community Library, a branch of the Great River Regional Library in Royalton, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

340. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1994-01-06
Description:
The Bookmobile of the Minneapolis Public Library and Information Center is parked on a snowy lot.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

341. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1963-11
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile. A note on the back reads, "New Bookmobile (Gerstenslager), November 1963, cost - $24,243.00."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

342. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930-1945
Description:
Children with books standing outside the Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

343. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile with a sign on the side reading "50 Years of Service, 1889-1939."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

344. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1996
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile, new in 1996.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

345. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954-05
Description:
Children get on and off the Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile in May 1954. The Minneapolis Public Library was originally founded in 1885 and grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

346. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1968 - 1969
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library Bookmobile is parked in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

347. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1960
Description:
Two Minneapolis Public Library bookmobiles are parked in front of First Baptist Church in downtown Minneapolis, Minnesota while a worker loades delivery boxes. A note on the back reads, "The main library does all the ordering, cataloging and binding for the branches and stations; it maintains a central registration bureau; it houses the resevoir collection for all extension agencies; it holds the headquarters offices of the administrative and supervisory offices. Any addition to the system places a strain on the main building. Because of the lack of loading area Bookmobiles must be loaded for their trips on the public curb, after a long trek from the thrid floor headquarters of the Bookmobile service."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

348. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1952-05
Description:
A label on the back reads "Minneapolis Public Library's new bookmobile, May 1952." The Minneapolis Public Library was originally founded in 1885 and grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

349. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1996?
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile, new in 1996.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

350. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1996-03-07
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile, new in 1996.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

351. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1968?
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library Bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

352. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1966-04
Description:
The Minneapolis Public Library bookmobile parked in a lot at Fiftieth Street and Knox Avenue in April 1966. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

353. Bookmobiles, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973?
Description:
Two Great River Regional Library bookmobiles parked outside of the Stearns County Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

354. Book Service, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
View of an early Hennepin County Library bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

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

Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
A caption attached to the back reads, " STACKS OF BOOKS -- The book stacks at the Central Library hold the bulk of the Library's collection. In a new library more of these could be placed on open shelves for readers to handle.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

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

357. Branch Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936-12
Description:
The Branch Department 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

358. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981
Description:
The children's area of the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

359. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
Entrance to the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

360. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
The hallway leading to meeting rooms in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

361. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
Exterior of the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

362. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
A hallway with art on display in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

363. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
A seating area near the stacks in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

364. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1965
Description:
Librarian Alice Johnson with children seated near the fireplace in the Brooklyn Center Public Library. This building was the first library in Brooklyn Center, at 5601 Osseo Road (subsequently named Brooklyn Boulevard), and opened on December 29, 1965. Designed by Cerny and Associates, it was 12,718 square feet. In 1981 the library relocated to the Brookdale location at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway. The Girl Scouts purchased the building on Brooklyn Boulevard, and it became the headquarters of the Greater Minneapolis Girl Scout Council (now Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

365. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1966
Description:
Exterior view of the main entrance of the Brooklyn Center Public Library. This building was the first library in Brooklyn Center, at 5601 Osseo Road (subsequently named Brooklyn Boulevard), and opened on December 29, 1965. Designed by Cerny and Associates, it was 12,718 square feet. In 1981 the library relocated to the Brookdale location at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway. The Girl Scouts purchased the building on Brooklyn Boulevard, and it became the headquarters of the Greater Minneapolis Girl Scout Council (now Girl Scout Council of Greater Minneapolis).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

366. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Interior of the Brooklyn Center Library at 5601 Osseo Road (subsequently named Brooklyn Boulevard).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

367. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Patrons reading near the fireplace and periodicals section of the Brooklyn Center Library at 5601 Osseo Road (subsequently named Brooklyn Boulevard).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

368. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1965 - 1970
Description:
Exterior view of the Brooklyn Center Library. The Brooklyn Center branch library opened in 1965.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

369. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1965-12-19
Description:
Exterior view of the Brooklyn Center Library. The Brooklyn Center branch library opened in 1965.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

370. Brooklyn Park Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976
Description:
Exterior view of the Brooklyn Park Library. Brooklyn Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1976. Prior to 1976, the Hennepin County Library bookmobile served Brooklyn Park-area residents.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

371. Brooklyn Park Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976 - 1985
Description:
Interior view of the Brooklyn Park Library. Brooklyn Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1976. Prior to 1976, the Hennepin County Library bookmobile served Brooklyn Park-area residents.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

372. Brooklyn Park Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976 - 1985
Description:
The Children's area of the Brooklyn Park Library. Brooklyn Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1976. Prior to 1976, the Hennepin County Library bookmobile served Brooklyn Park-area residents.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

373. Brooklyn Park Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Park, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976-10
Description:
Exterior view of the Brooklyn Park Library. Brooklyn Park Library has provided service in its current location since 1976. Prior to 1976, the Hennepin County Library bookmobile served Brooklyn Park-area residents.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

374. Building of scaffolds and cranes for construction of Central Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1914-09-01
Description:
The photograph is taken from present day Market Street, looking towards Washington Street. Construction of the scaffolds and building cranes has begun. Construction continues on the third floor of the Minnesota Club.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

375. Building site of the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1977?
Description:
First Street North, looking south, St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Hays Theatre was demolished in 1977, and the St. Cloud Public Library was constructed in its place.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

376. Building site of the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975?
Description:
Corner of Fourth Avenue South and West St. Germain, St. Cloud, Minnesota. The Hays Theatre was demolished in 1977, and the library was constructed in its place. On the right is the old U.S. Federal Building and Post Office, which at the time of this image was being used as St. Cloud's City Hall.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

377. Building the foundation of the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1978-03-17
Description:
Facing the intersection of West St. Germain and Fourth Avenue South. The old U.S. Federal Building and Post Office, which at the time of this image was being used as St. Cloud's City Hall is at upper left.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

378. Business Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1920
Description:
Interior of the Business Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

379. Business Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900 - 1920
Description:
Mrs. Dietrichson and Luella Berger (in white blouse) in the Business Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

380. Business Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1946
Description:
The exterior of the Business Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, which was established in 1916 and occupied various locations. This was the location of the service in 1946, at 217 South Sixth Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

381. Business Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1939
Description:
A note on the back of the photo reads, " The business and municipal branch of the public library, 508 Second Avenue South, is a haven for business men and women who are too busy to hurry off to the main library to get help with their problems. R. E. Raymond, right is one of score of persons who drop in to receive the experienced at of Miss Maud Briggs (center) and Dorothy Ware (at left).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

382. Cafeteria, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1937
Description:
The cafeteria of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library in 1937.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

383. Cafeteria workers, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1937?
Description:
Workers in the cafeteria of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library in 1937. A note on the back identifies the woman on the left as Mrs. Elizabeth Ryan.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

384. Camden Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

385. Camden Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1919 - 1920
Description:
Children and youth are gathered in a reading area of the Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, which 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

386. Camden Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1954
Description:
This shows the interior of the Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, which 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

387. Camden Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1909 - 1910
Description:
The John D. Webber Fieldhouse in Webber Park, under construction. The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was housed in this building in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and the buidling was 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

388. Camden Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
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

389. Carnegie Library, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1916
Description:
Exterior view of Carnegie Public Library in Northfield, Minnesota. Handwritten note on back of postcard reads "Removed from Bessie M. Burnham Scrapbook."
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

390. Carnegie Library, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1943
Description:
Exterior view of the Northfield Carnegie Library, the city's public library. Card is postmarked Nov 1943 and is from Hazel Ramsay, Assistant Professor of History at Carleton College 1943/44.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

391. Carol Edwards, East Central Regional Library headquarters, Cambridge, Minnesota

Description:
Carol Edwards, Youth and Community Services Librarian at East Central Regional Library in Cambridge, Minnesota. Founded in 1959, ECRL is the oldest existing regional public library system in Minnesota. Headquartered in Cambridge, it is a consolidated library system with 14 libraries and Outreach Services and serves residents in Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

392. Carpenter shop, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
The Carpenter Shop 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

393. Central Avenue Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
With community support and funds from Andrew Carnegie the Central Avenue Branch of the Minneapolis Library opened on November 15, 1915 at 2200 Central Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It stood until 1972 when it was razed to make room for the new Northeast Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

394. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1893-11-15
Description:
Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. This building opened in 1889 and was in service until a new building replaced it in 1961.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

395. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1889 - 1950
Description:
A sign from Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. "Rest Rooms - Entrance outside 10th St., Rear of building." This building opened in 1889 and was in service until a new buildling opened in 1961.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

396. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1990 - 2002
Description:
This exterior view of the Central Library of Minneapolis Public Library shows the dome of the planetarium and a scupture entitled The Scroll, by John Rood. This facility, at 300 Nicollet Mall, was built in 1961 and housed the library until 2002.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color transparencies

397. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936?
Description:
Patrons browsing 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

398. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936?
Description:
A patron reading area 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

399. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1949
Description:
Soldiers reading in 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

400. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961
Description:
The staff lounge, on the fourth floor of the Central Library of Minneapolis Public Library in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This facility, at 300 Nicollet Mall, was built in 1961 and housed the library until 2002. The Minneapolis Public Library wasy founded in 1885 and grew to include a Central Library and fourteen branches. In 2008 the library was merged into the Hennepin County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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