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701. 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

702. National Library Week at East Central Regional Library Headquarters, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1994-04
Description:
A banner says, ""National Library Week. ECRL Automation - a look to the future."" Money jars were introduced in all East Central Regional Library branches during National Library Week in 1994, part of a fund-raising program for $100,000, offering library users the opportunity to contribute to East Central Regional Library's automation project. 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

703. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1901-10-25
Description:
Public Library under construction; building Carnegie Library; Second Street and First Avenue West; 101 West First Street; bricklayer is working on the dome; construction materials; scaffold; crane; power lines; boardwalk sidewalks; workers; work men; building; construction site; streetcar tracks; dirt street
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

704. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1927-11-01
Description:
Central Hillside; Howard Pyle room at Public library; Carnegie Library interior; hardwood floors; books; bookshelves; children; boys and girls; librarian; people; tables; chairs; desk; door; ceiling lights
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

705. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928-11-01
Description:
Central Hillside; Duluth Public Library's Children book week; Carnegie Library interior; display of books; children's books; bookshelves; tables; desk; windows with shades drawn; plant; ferns; posters; ceiling lights; chairs; fishbowl
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

706. Neighborhoods of Duluth: Central Hillside, Public Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1928
Description:
Central Hillside; Duluth Public Library; Carnegie Library interior; bookshelves; sign Don't Forget the Little Folks Put Books in Their Christmas Stockings; book display; posters; oak and glass display case with open books; table; chair; person on chair is blurred
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

707. Neighborhoods of Duluth: West Duluth, Public Library Branch, Duluth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
West Duluth; Public Library Branch at Central Avenue corner Elinor Street; four children sitting on steps with their dog; houses in background; built in 1912; snow; winter
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

708. New McGregor Public Library, East Central Regional Library, McGregor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1989
Description:
The new McGregor Public Library was completed and opened in September 1989, McGregor, 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

709. 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)

710. Nokomis Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1965 - 1975
Description:
Children sitting on the grass outside 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)

711. North Branch Area Library, East Central Regional Library, North Branch, Minnesota

Date Created:
1985 - 1989
Description:
The North Branch Area Library was located in the Main Mall, a new retail building on Main Street from 1985-1989, with 1,166 square feet, North Branch, 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

712. 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)

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

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

714. 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

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

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

716. 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)

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

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

718. Northfield Public Library, Northfield, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910 - 1945
Description:
Exterior view of the Northfield Carnegie Library, the city's public library.
Contributing Institution:
Carleton College Archives
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

719. Open side of the Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Ethel Berry stands next to the open side of an early Hennepin County Library bookmobile. A delivery box used to transport materials between library branches sits in the foreground.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

720. Ortonville Public Library, Ortonville, Minnesota

Description:
View of the Public Library's exterior including the front entrance.
Contributing Institution:
Big Stone County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

721. Osseo Library, Hennepin County Library, Osseo, Minnesota

Date Created:
1968
Description:
The first library in the Osseo community opened in 1922 in the Commercial Club Room on the upper floor of the Hovorka drugstore. Over the next several years, the library moved to the local Town Hall, a space in the village�s former jail, the Masonic building, and finally to its current location in Osseo City Hall.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

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

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

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

Date Created:
1980-1990
Description:
The front entrance of the building housing the Osseo Public Library. The first library in the Osseo community opened in 1922 in the Commercial Club Room on the upper floor of the Hovorka drugstore. Over the next several years, the library moved to the local Town Hall, a space in the village s former jail, the Masonic building, and finally to its current location in Osseo City Hall at 415 Central Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

724. Overhead view of the stacks of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
The main stack area of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building is shown from above. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

725. Oxboro Library, Hennepin County Library, Oxboro, Minnesota

Date Created:
1988
Description:
Oxboro Library was the second free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. It serves Bloomington- and Richfield-area residents, and is named for the historic neighborhood in which it is located. The library sits on land farmed by the Erasmus Biscof family from 1912 to the early 1970s. It opened in 1975 and was renovated in 2004.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

726. Oxboro Library, Hennepin County Library, Oxboro, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975 - 2004
Description:
Oxboro Library was the second free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. It serves Bloomington- and Richfield-area residents, and is named for the historic neighborhood in which it is located. The library sits on land farmed by the Erasmus Biscof family from 1912 to the early 1970s. It opened in 1975 and was renovated in 2004.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

727. Oxboro Library, Hennepin County Library, Oxboro, Minnesota

Date Created:
1975 - 2004
Description:
Oxboro Library was the second free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. It serves Bloomington- and Richfield-area residents, and is named for the historic neighborhood in which it is located. The library sits on land farmed by the Erasmus Biscof family from 1912 to the early 1970s. It opened in 1975 and was renovated in 2004.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

728. Patrons lining up to enter the second St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Patrons line up to enter the second St. Cloud Public Library building at 405 West St. Germain, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

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

Date Created:
1980 - 2003
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1980 - 2003
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

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

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

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

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

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

Date Created:
1970 - 1980
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1980 - 2003
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1970 - 1990
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

736. Penny Olson, Branch Librarian, McGregor Public Library, East Central Regional Library, McGregor, Minnesota

Date Created:
1988
Description:
Penny Olson has been the McGregor Public Library Branch Librarian since 1987 in McGregor, 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

737. Periodicals area and stairs leading to the art books loft of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This shows the periodicals area and stairs leading to the art books loft of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

738. 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

739. 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

740. 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

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

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

742. Pine City Municipal Building and Library, East Central Regional Library, Pine City, Minnesota

Description:
When East Central Regional Library was organized, Pine City opted to remain independent from East Central Regional Library, though its county, Pine County, joined the system. Pine City joined East Central Regional Library when a new city hall was built in 1978 with space reserved for a library. 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

743. Plug-In ceremony at Milaca Community Library, East Central Regional Library, Milaca, Minnesota

Date Created:
1997-02
Description:
Mary Jane Bridge, Branch Librarian in Milaca, and Mary Johnson, Assistant Director, hold giant ""plugs"" to celebrate four new services made possible by Telecommunications Access Grants from the state of Minnesota: the electronic database Infotrac, public internet access at the library, East Central Regional Library's own website and toll-free telephone number. Feb. 1997. 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

744. Plumbing installation for Central Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1915-05-13
Description:
Plumbing installation, men's lavatory of Central Library. Completed work shown in photo dated 12/16/1915.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

745. Plymouth Library, Hennepin County Library, Plymouth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995-10-10
Description:
Exterior view of the main entrance of the Plymouth branch of the Hennepin County Library. Built in 1995 at 15700 36th Avenue North, this was the first free-standing library for the City of Plymouth. Space needs led to an expansion in 2010.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

746. Plymouth Library, Hennepin County Library, Plymouth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995-10-10
Description:
Exterior view of the main entrance of the Plymouth branch of the Hennepin County Library. Built in 1995 at 15700 36th Avenue North, this was the first free-standing library for the City of Plymouth. Space needs led to an expansion in 2010.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

747. Plymouth Library, Hennepin County Library, Plymouth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995-10-10
Description:
Exterior view of the main entrance of the Plymouth branch of the Hennepin County Library. Built in 1995 at 15700 36th Avenue North, this was the first free-standing library for the City of Plymouth. Space needs led to an expansion in 2010.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

748. Plymouth Library, Hennepin County Library, Plymouth, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995-10-10
Description:
Exterior view of the main entrance of the Plymouth branch of the Hennepin County Library. Built in 1995 at 15700 36th Avenue North, this was the first free-standing library for the City of Plymouth. Space needs led to an expansion in 2010.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

749. Princeton Area Library, East Central Regional Library, Princeton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1997-12
Description:
The Princeton Area Library has been located in its current space downtown since 1990. 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

750. Princeton Area Library, East Central Regional Library, Princeton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1995
Description:
The Princeton Area Library opened in a new building overlooking the Rum River on August 24, 1990. East Central Regional Library is a consolidated library system in Minnesota serving Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

751. Princeton Area Library, East Central Regional Library, Princeton , Minnesota

Description:
The Princeton Area Library was located in the former railroad depot several blocks west of downtown from 1976 to 1995, sharing the building with the local historical society. East Central Regional Library is a consolidated library system in Minnesota serving Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

752. Public Library, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Exterior view of the Mankato Public Library building.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

753. Public Library, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Exterior view of the Mankato Public Library building.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

754. Public Library, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1910?
Description:
Exterior view of the Public Library building in Mankato.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Postcards

755. Public Library, Mankato, Minnesota

Date Created:
1907?
Description:
Exterior view of the Mankato Public Library building.
Contributing Institution:
Blue Earth County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

756. Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1900?
Description:
Interior view of the Public Library. This might be a room in lobby of West Hotel, which was used as a library before the Carnegie Library was built.
Contributing Institution:
Stearns History Museum
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

757. Rambler Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1978-09
Description:
View of the Hennepin County Library Bookmobile.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

758. Reading Room of Central Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916-01-05
Description:
This is the Reading Room, on the second floor of the library, looking from the east toward the west. The room is in the very early stages of interior work.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

759. Reading Room of Central Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916
Description:
This photograph shows the then-Periodical Room (now known as the Nicholson Information Commons) completed without interior furnishings. The floor is tiled with cork. The ceiling has been painted and decorated. The door connects to the James J. Hill Reference Library.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

760. Rear aerial view of the second St. Cloud Public Library building

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Back of the library looking southeast down Fourth Avenue. The eastern curve of the ""ring road"" encircling the central business district of St. Cloud, which was created as an urban renewal project in the early 1970s, can be seen here.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

761. Records loft of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This was the records loft of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building. The building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. This image was part of a presentation used to persuade the community that the St. Cloud Public Library had outgrown its space and needed a new building.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

762. Reference librarian at desk, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Description:
Reference Librarian, Jane Christopherson. The East Central Regional Library Reference Department handles requests from all the libraries for materials on a wide variety of subjects. 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

766. Ridgedale Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

767. Ridgedale Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

768. Ridgedale Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

769. Ridgedale Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

770. Ridgedale Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

771. Riverview Branch Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917
Description:
Riverview Branch Library of the Saint Paul Public Library. Riverview Branch Library was open and serving the public as of September 2007.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

772. Robbinsdale Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1973-08
Description:
This building used to house the Robbinsdale Community Library, a branch of the Hennepin County Library. Built in 1925 by the Robbinsdale Library Club on Rockford Road, now known as 42nd Avenue North, it now houses the Robbinsdale Historical Society and Robbin Gallery
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

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

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

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

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

775. 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)

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

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

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

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

778. Robin Suhsen, Branch Librarian, Princeton Area Library, East Central Regional Library, Princeton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1988
Description:
Seen here stamping children's books for checkout, Robin Suhsen was the Princeton Area Branch Librarian from 1987 to 2015, Princeton, 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

779. Rockford Road Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1972
Description:
Exterior view of the Rockford Road branch of Hennepin County Library at 6401 42nd Avenue North, Crystal, Minnesota. Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for one of the most historic roads in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

780. Rockford Road Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1972
Description:
Children's area of the Rockford Road branch of Hennepin County Library at 6401 42nd Avenue North, Crystal, Minnesota. Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for one of the most historic roads in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

781. Rockford Road Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986-10
Description:
Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for an East-West road in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

782. Rockford Road Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986
Description:
Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for an East-West road in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

783. Rockford Road Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1974-01
Description:
Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for an East-West road in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

784. Rockford Road Library, Hennepin County Library, Crystal, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986-10
Description:
Rockford Road Library opened in 1972 and was renovated in 2013. It serves the cities of Crystal, New Hope and Robbinsdale. For several decades prior to 1972, library service was provided to area residents out of various locations in the community. The library is named for an East-West road in Hennepin County.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

785. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986
Description:
Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom's Hardware Store. The book station held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80. In 1980, the first free-standing library in Rogers opened at 21300 John Milless Drive.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

786. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986-10
Description:
Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom's Hardware Store. The book station held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80. In 1980, the first free-standing library in Rogers opened at 21300 John Milless Drive.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

787. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980-2005
Description:
Exterior view of the Rogers branch of Hennepin County Library which opened in 1980 at 21300 John Milless Drive, Rogers, Minnesota. THe building was later renovate in 2005. Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom s Hardware Store which held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

788. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1986-10
Description:
Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom's Hardware Store. The book station held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80. In 1980, the first free-standing library in Rogers opened at 21300 John Milless Drive.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

789. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981
Description:
Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom's Hardware Store. The book station held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80. In 1980, the first free-standing library in Rogers opened at 21300 John Milless Drive.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

790. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1987
Description:
Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom's Hardware Store. The book station held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80. In 1980, the first free-standing library in Rogers opened at 21300 John Milless Drive.�
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

791. Ron McGriff, Assistant Director, East Central Regional Library, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ron McGriff served as Assistant Director of East Central Regional Library from 1976-1984. 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

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

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

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

Date Created:
1927 - 1950
Description:
The Roosevelt branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, at 4026 Twenty-eighth Avenue South, opened in 1927 and wasadded to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

794. Royalton Community Library, Great River Regional Library, Royalton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1988-06
Description:
Interior 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)

795. Royalton Community Library, Great River Regional Library, Royalton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
Exterior view 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)

796. Royalton Community Library, Great River Regional Library, Royalton, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
View of the front entrance 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)

797. Rush City Library and Community Center, East Central Regional Library, Rush City , Minnesota

Description:
The Rush City Public Library has been located on Main Street since 1987. The building was previously the office headquarters for the Plastech corporation. East Central Regional Library is a consolidated library system in Minnesota serving Aitkin, Chisago, Isanti, Kanabec, Mille Lacs, and Pine counties.
Contributing Institution:
East Central Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

798. Ruth Lovgren, Branch Librarian, Hinckley Public Library, East Central Regional Library, Hinckley, Minnesota

Date Created:
1988
Description:
Ruth Lovgren was the Hinckley Public Library Branch Librarian from 1963-1993 in Hinckley, 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

799. Saint Anthony Park Branch Library of the Saint Paul Public Library, St. Paul, Minnesota

Date Created:
1917
Description:
Saint Anthony Park Branch Library of the Saint Paul Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Saint Paul Public Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

800. Sandstone Public Library, East Central Regional Library, Sandstone, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Sandstone Public Library, built in 1960, is located in the same building as the village hall in Sandstone, 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:
Slides (photographs)
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