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501. Members of the Library Board, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1960-03-24
Description:
Anoka County Library Board members Mrs. Richard Zelika, Ed Bloomstrand, and Mrs. Art Otte gather for a meeting.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

502. Long Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Long Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960-02
Description:
Library service to the Long Lake community in western Hennepin County began in 1913, when the library was housed out of the Long Lake Bank Building. The library merged with the Hennepin County Library system in 1922. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community, until it settled in a commercial storefront space in the Long Lake Town Center Mall in 1995.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

503. Long Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Long Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1980
Description:
A sign indicates that this small building housed the Long Lake branch of the Hennepin County Library, along with Gordon Company Accountants, and Lonstreeter Electric Company. Library service to the Long Lake community in western Hennepin County began in 1913. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community, until it settled in 1995 in a commercial storefront space at 1865 Wayzata Boulevard West.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

504. Edina Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1980
Description:
Exterior view of the old Edina Community Library in what had been the D.W. Wallace home, 4120 West 50th Street, Edina, Minnesota. The Edina Community Library is 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

505. Jordan Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1971
Description:
Housed in a school in the Jordan neighborhood of Minneapolis, the Jordan branch of Minneapolis Public Library was closed when the North Regional Library opened in 1971. 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:
Negatives (photographic)

506. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1970
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:
Negatives (photographic)

507. Exterior View of Coon Rapids Branch Library, Coon Rapids, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1960 - 1970
Description:
An Anoka County Library delivery van waits outside the old Coon Rapids Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

508. Answering a call at Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1960 - 1970
Description:
A librarian helps a patron over the phone.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

509. Excelsior Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1965
Description:
Exterior view of the Excelsior Public Library. Library service to the South Lake communities of Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood and Tonka Bay was established beginning in 1922, when the library was housed out of the White House Hotel. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community, with the first permanent library location opening on Third Street in 1965.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

510. Excelsior Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1965
Description:
The Excelsior Community Library shared a building with the city administrative offices for a time and served the communities of Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood and Tonka Bay
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

511. Excelsior Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1965
Description:
The Excelsior Community Library shared a building with the city administrative offices for a time and served the communities of Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood and Tonka Bay
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

512. Excelsior Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Excelsior, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960 - 1965
Description:
The Excelsior Community Library shared a building with the city administrative offices for a time and served the communities of Deephaven, Excelsior, Greenwood, Shorewood and Tonka Bay. The first permanent location was built on Third Street in 1965. In 2014 , the library moved to a new building at 337 Water Street in the heart of downtown Exclesior.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

513. Line outside of bookmobile visiting Stanchfield, East Central Regional Library System, Stanchfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Stanchfield School students in 1960 eagerly wait to board the East Central Regional Library Bookmobile, Stanchfield, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

514. Interior, showing the back of the reserves desk, as well as portions of the record and reference collections, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Interior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters, showing the back of the reserves desk, as well as portions of the record and reference collections, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

515. Interior, showing reserves desk with flowers, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Interior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters, showing the reserves desk decorated with flowers, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

516. Interior, showing reserves desk, card catalog and newspaper area, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Interior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters, showing the reserves desk, card catalog, and periodicals area, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

517. Interior showing general stacks, sitting area and card catalog, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Interior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters, showing the stacks, work spaces, and the card catalog, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

518. Interior, showing general stacks and sitting area, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Interior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters, showing stacks of books, work and sitting areas, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

519. Exterior showing main entrance, book drop and sign, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Exterior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters from 3rd Avenue, showing the original main entrance and the courthouse in the background, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

520. Exterior, showing loading dock door, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960
Description:
Exterior view of East Central Regional Library Headquarters from 3rd Avenue, 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:
Black-and-white photographs

521. Children's Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1959-07-21
Description:
"Mrs. Janet Johnson of the Twin City Dairy Council explains a model dairy farm exhibit loaned by the Council to the Minneapolis Public Library Children's Room. Alyce Mee Underhill, head of the central children's room, is behind Mrs. Johnson. July 21, 1959."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

522. Long Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Long Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1959
Description:
Library service to the Long Lake community in western Hennepin County began in 1913, when the library was housed out of the Long Lake Bank Building. The library merged with the Hennepin County Library system in 1922. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community, until it settled in a commercial storefront space in the Long Lake Town Center Mall in 1995.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

523. 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

524. 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

525. St. Peter Public Library, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1958
Description:
This image shows a view of the St. Peter Public Library in 1958. The library was on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry Street. This postcard negative, marked 548, has been converted to a digital positive image.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

526. Anoka County Library Headquarters, Spring Lake Park, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1958
Description:
The original headquarters of the Anoka County Library system.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

527. 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

528. Hamel Branch Library, Hennepin County Library, Medina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956-05-15
Description:
Exterior view of the tiny Hamel branch library, which operated from 1922-1968.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

529. Hosmer Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1956
Description:
Two boys read near a card catalog in the Hosmer branch of Minneapolis Public Library. Originally known as the Thirty-sixth Street Branch, this building was built in 1916 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. 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

530. Franklin Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955 - 1965
Description:
Exterior view of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

531. Wayzata Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Wayzata, Minnesota

Date Created:
1955 - 1957
Description:
Wayzata Library serves Wayzata- and Lake Minnetonka-area residents. In 1905, space for a library was made available in Wayzata City Hall. When a fire destroyed City Hall in 1955, the library moved into a temporary location in the Kallstead Building. It reopened in 1957 in the new City Hall and again in its current location in Wayzata town square with a view of Lake Minnetonka.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

532. 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

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

Date Created:
1954-05
Description:
Exterior of the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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:
Negatives (photographic)

534. 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

535. 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

536. Crystal Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954-02
Description:
Residents of Crystal, Minnesota were served by a branch of the Hennepin County Library that operated out of a variety of locations, until a number of nearby branches were consolidated into the Rockford Road Library, which opened in 1972.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

537. Webber Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954 - 1979
Description:
The Webber Park branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was formerly known (from 1910 to 1954) as the Camden Park branch. Renamed in 1954, it was housed in the Webber Park fieldhouse at 4380 Webber Parkway, until the building was razed in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

538. Hosmer Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1954 - 1960
Description:
Exterior view of the Hosmer branch of Minneapolis Public Library. Originally known as the Thirty-sixth Street Branch, this building was built in 1916 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1954
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

540. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1952-11-21
Description:
A corner of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. "A sign on the front of the building advertised Book Week and the Storybook Food Fair, Minneapolis Public Library, Nov. 21, 1952." This building opened in 1889 and was in service until a new building opened in 1961.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

541. 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

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

Date Created:
1950 - 1970
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:
Negatives (photographic)

543. Dayton Branch, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1970
Description:
Exterior view of the Dayton branch of the Hennepin County Library, with a bell on top of the roof.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

544. 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)

545. 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

546. 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:
Negatives (photographic)

547. 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

548. 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

549. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1950 - 1959
Description:
A view of the back of the original Central Library building of Minneapolis Public Library, showing an intersection with streetcar tracks and various businesses. This building, at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue, opened in 1889 and was in service until 1959.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

550. 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

551. 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

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

Date Created:
1949?
Description:
Children in a ward of the Minneapolis General Hospital read materials provided by the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service. A note on teh back indicates that the children's names are Charles, Betty and Mavis.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1949?
Description:
Children in a ward of the Minneapolis General Hospital read materials provided by the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service. A note on the back indicates that the children's names are, from left to right: James Compton, Paul Lourdeman, Robert Moore and -- Engman; and standing: John Dymanyk, Eugene McQuillan, and James Deahan.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1949-12
Description:
A note on the back reads, "Miss Marie Graber, member of the Hospital Library Service staff, takes books to the bedside of St. Mary's Hospital patient Mrs. Leslie Palm, 3247 Girard Avenue North, Dec. 1949."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

555. Circulation desk, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949-12
Description:
"The charging desk of the main library of the Minneapolis Public Library on a busy morning. At Registration desk, Violet Lux and Constance Burns Hoefer; at Information desk, Violet Lied; at Charging desk, Dorothy Joseph, Donna Hendrickson and Mary Lou Ofstied; in background of Charging desk, Charlotte Matson; pages at table, Frank Schneider, and Carol Leigh. Margaret McGuire is on the patron side of the desk in the Krimmer coat and Glenn M. Lewis, librarian in foreground, December 1949."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

556. 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

557. 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

558. 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

559. 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

560. Library card, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1949
Description:
A display of a Minneapolis Public Library card and other elements used to check a book out to a patron.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

561. 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

562. 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

563. 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

564. 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

565. 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

566. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Lakeside Lester Park, Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
Gallagher, Louis Perry, Sr., 1875-1945
Date Created:
1940?
Description:
Lakeside Lester Park; Lester Park Public Library; branch library; 106 North Fifty-Fourth Avenue East; trees; houses; architectural details; eyebrow windows; brick building
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

567. 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

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

Date Created:
1940 - 1965
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:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1940 - 1965
Description:
Patrons and staff at the circulation desk 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:
Negatives (photographic)

570. Maple Plain Library, Hennepin County Library, Maple Plain, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1960
Description:
Two people stand in front of the Maple Plain branch of the Hennepin County Library, with one of the delivery boxes used to transport materials to the branches. Library service to Maple Plain and the surrounding communities began in 1922, when the library was housed out of a former U.S. Post Office. For the next five decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community, with the first permanent location opening in 1973 in a commercial building at 5184 Main Street East.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

571. 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

572. 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)

573. Champlin Branch, Hennepin County Library, Champlin, Minnesota

Date Created:
1940 - 1950
Description:
Exterior view of the Champlin Branch. Library service has been available to Champlin-area residents since the early 1900s. For most of the 20th century, library service was provided in a variety of small community locations.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

574. 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

575. Clipping Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939?
Description:
The Clipping 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

576. Clipping Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939?
Description:
The Clipping 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

577. Children's Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
The Children's 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

578. Children's Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1939
Description:
The Children's 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

579. 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

580. 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

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

Date Created:
1939
Description:
Mrs. Mary Wyatt and another woman view art prints in the Art Department 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

582. 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

583. Groveland Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka Township, Minnesota

Date Created:
1938-03
Description:
Many children are using the materials in the Groveland Library 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

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

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The Sumner Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library is removed from its foundation and relocated 100 feet north to accommodate Olson Memorial Highway. Exterior of the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. Photo was taken during the move. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1938
Description:
The Sumner Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library is removed from its foundation and relocated 100 feet north to accommodate Olson Memorial Highway. Exterior of the Sumner branch of Minneapolis Public Library, located at 611 Van White Memorial Boulevard, which opened in 1915. Photo taken during the move. The Carnegie-funded building is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. 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:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1938
Description:
Mrs. Smith, a librarian with the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service, brings reading material to patients M. Morrison and Mr. Simoneau in a Men's ward of Parkview Hospital on 1938.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1937?
Description:
The interior 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

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

Date Created:
1937?
Description:
The Children's room 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

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

Date Created:
1937?
Description:
The interior 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

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

Date Created:
1937?
Description:
The exterior 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

591. 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

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

Date Created:
1937 - 1968
Description:
The exterior 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:
Negatives (photographic)

593. 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

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

Date Created:
1937 - 1945
Description:
The sun porch reading room 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

595. 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

596. 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

597. 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

598. 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

599. The Library Beacon July - December, 1936

Creator:
Saint Paul Public Library (St. Paul, Minnesota)
Date Created:
1936-07 - 1936-12
Description:
Page 1. This would be the last issue of "The Library Beacon." It was the progenitor that would shine the way for library newsletters to follow. "Newspapers In The Public Library," Daily papers carried an importance that may not be appreciated by today's standards. Some 28 newspapers were listed, not including the local and outstate papers that were subscribed to. In 1936 1,270 magazines and newspapers were received 300 of which were gift subscriptions. More than 100,000 readers used the Periodical Reading Room annually. Page 2. "Library Advisory Board," Listed were twelve residents who served on the board. Additional individuals represented the branch libraries. "The Library's Kellogg Boulevard Property," The Library Advisory Board sought and gained compensation for loss of library property. Page 3. "In appreciation Of Friendly Gifts," Donations from many citizens helped the library to public demand for materials. "A Rare Gift," The work titled "Old Oriental Carpets" was donated to the library. "Children's Book Fair, October 27 - November 27," A WPA Arts and Crafts project was the backdrop for the book fair. Attendance for the month was 3,928. Page 4, "New Librarian Appointed," Miss Perrie Jones was hired as director effective February 1, 1937. Mrs. Jennings brought the library through the darkest period of the Great Depression. With pride, Mrs. Jennings retired on August 1,1938. Thank you Mrs. Jennings ! "The Talking Book Machines," The library had 14 Talking Book Machines. Each came complete with instructions for use and care of the machine. "Library Budget For 1937 Increased $10,000.00," The library began to rebound from it's lowest point in 1935. An additional $5.000.00 was made available to purchase books for the School Division.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Newsletters

600. Postal card seeking issues of the "Library Beacon"

Creator:
Pratt Institute (Brooklyn, New York)
Date Created:
1936-01-20
Description:
Request for the "The Library Beacon" for the year of 1935.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Text
Format:
Postal cards
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