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| Title | Blackstone branch interior |
| Description | From text: "This beautiful structure is worthy of particular mention, not only because it is one of the finest and costliest library buildings of its size in the world, but also because it marks the beginning of the branch library system in Chicago. The location is a triangular lot at the intersection of Lake and Washington avenues and Forty-ninth street... It is constructed of white granite in the pure Ionic-Grecian style, modeled after the famous Erectheum at Athens. The interior embodies a book-room on the left, with a capacity of 20, 000 volumes, a reading room on the right, and a small reading room for young people at the rear, all opening from a rotunda that is finished in pure Italian statuary marble, and is surmounted by a dome embellished with decorative panels by Oliver Dannatt Grover." |
| Date | 1911 |
| Type | Photographs
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| Identifier | chicagopubliclib11chic_09.jp2 |
| Source | http://www.archive.org/stream/chicagopubliclib11chic#page/34/mode/1up |
| Physical Location | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign |
| Format | image/jp2 |
| Subject Name | Chicago Public Library
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| Subject | Public libraries
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| Coverage-Spatial | Kenwood (Chicago, Ill.)
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| Date of Content | 1910-1919 |
| Publisher | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; University of Illinois at Chicago |
| Rights | Images in this collection were digitized through the University of Illinois Library's participation in the Open Content Alliance and may be used freely. Attribution to the University of Illinois is appreciated. High-resolution images can be downloaded from the Internet Archive at www.archive.org. For further information, contact dcc@library.uiuc.edu. |
| Sub-Collection | Interior Scenes
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| Collection | Picture Chicago
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| Book Title | The Chicago public library; a handbook |
| Author of the Book | Chicago Public Library. |
| Link to the Full-Text | http://hdl.handle.net/10111/UIUCOCA:chicagopubliclib11chic |
