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1. Approach to front entrance of the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
St. Cloud Public Library's entrance and pylon.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

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

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

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

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

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

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

5. Children's Room storytelling area and toy storage, St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
Interior view of the storytelling and toy storage area at the second St. Cloud Public Library building at 405 West St. Germain.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

6. Circulation desk of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
Books are stacked awaiting processing at the circulation desk 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 library had outgrown its space and needed a new building. Circulation staffer Yvette Spoden Stueve is seen here at the typewriter.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

7. Circulation desk of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This is the circulation desk of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which 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. Reference Librarian Sara Magee is seated in the back at the desk facing the camera.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

8. Courtyard of the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
The courtyard of the second St. Cloud Public Library was situated adjacent to the front entrance and below street level, facing Fourth Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

9. Dedication plaque for the Carnegie building of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
The inscription on the plaque from the dedication of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building reads, "This tablet is inscribed to Andrew Carnegie through whose generosity this building has been erected upon a site donated by the Ladies Reading Room Society, 1902."
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

10. East Central Regional Library Headquarters addition, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1974?
Description:
Construction of an addition to the East Central Regional Library Headquarters building in Cambridge, Minnesota, began in 1974 with Director Darro Willey (shown) in charge of the 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:
Slides (photographs)

11. East Central Regional Library Headquarters addition, Cambridge, Minnesota

Date Created:
1974?
Description:
Construction of an addition to East Central Regional Library Headquarters in Cambridge, Minnesota, began in 1974, with the addition built between the existing library (in the foreground with the vertical construction slats) and the courthouse to the north. 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)

12. Exterior front of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1902 - 1920
Description:
This is an early photograph of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

13. Exterior of the St. Cloud Public Library on moving day, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
In the summer of 1979, the St. Cloud Public Lbrary moved from its 1902 Carnegie building at 124 Fifth Avenue South to a successor building at 405 West Germain Street. This photograph of the exterior of the building was taken on moving day. The National Guard assisted with the move. Carts of library materials were moved fully loaded onto trucks, in Dewey Decimal order.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

14. Exterior view from street corner, St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This photograph was shot from the corner of 5th Avenue South and 2nd Street South. The St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981. The American Linen building is on the left. Behind the library on the right is the former Unity Church, which was purchased by the City of St. Cloud in 1936 and renamed the Community Building. Stearns County Library occupied this structure from the early 1940s until the creation of the Great River Regional Library System in 1969, after which it housed the Branch and Bookmobile Department at GRRL.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

15. Front entrance second St. Cloud Public Library building

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
The second St. Cloud Public Library building stood at 405 West St. Germain from 1979 until 2009.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

16. Front exterior in summer, St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This photograph shows the front of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

17. Front exterior in winter, St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This winter view shows the front of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

18. Front exterior of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This photograph shows the front of the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

19. Front side of the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
The second St. Cloud Public Library building stood at 405 West St. Germain from 1979 until 2009.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

20. Grand Opening ceremony, St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
Grand Opening ceremony for 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)

21. Halloween at the library, St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1976
Description:
Children and children's librarian Barb Lantis dressed in Halloween costumes are gathered for story hour in front of a fireplace in the children's room of the St. Cloud Public Library in 1976. The St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

22. Interior entryway of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This is the interior front entryway to the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

23. Linden Hills Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Interior of the Linden Hills branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, showing the Adult Fiction section. The branch moved into this building at 2900 West Forty-third Street in 1931, with a stock of 10,000 books. In 2000 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

24. Linden Hills Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Interior of the Linden Hills branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, showing the Adult Fiction section looking toward the circulation desk. The branch moved into this building at 2900 West Forty-third Street in 1931, with a stock of 10,000 books. In 2000 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

25. Linden Hills Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
Interior of the Linden Hills branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, from the Reading Room looking toward Adult Non-Fiction and entrance. The branch moved into this building at 2900 West Forty-third Street in 1931, with a stock of 10,000 books. In 2000 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

26. Linden Hills Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1960?
Description:
The Children's Room of the Linden Hills branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The branch moved into this building at 2900 West Forty-third Street in 1931, with a stock of 10,000 books. In 2000 the building was added to the National Register of Historic Places.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

27. Loading materials into moving truck at the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
In the summer of 1979, the St. Cloud Public Lbrary moved from its 1902 Carnegie building at 124 Fifth Avenue South to a successor building at 405 West Germain Street. The National Guard assisted with the move. Carts of library materials were moved fully loaded onto trucks, in Dewey Decimal order. This photograph shows a person loading materials into the moving truck.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

28. Looking down from the loft at the circulation desk of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This is a view of the circulation desk looking down from a loft in 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)

29. Main entrance of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This is the entrance to the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

30. Moving into the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
A volunteer helps move books into the second St. Cloud Public Library building at 405 West St. Germain.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

31. Moving into the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
A volunteer helps move books into the second St. Cloud Public Library building at 405 West St. Germain.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

32. Moving into the second St. Cloud Public Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
Library staff moving materials into 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)

33. Moving truck and the Stearns County Library building, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
A moving truck is parked behind the St. Cloud Public Library building. Behind the truck is the former Unity Church, which was purchased by the City of St. Cloud in 1936 and renamed the Community Building. Stearns County Library occupied this structure from the early 1940s until the creation of the Great River Regional Library system in 1969, after which it housed the Branch and Bookmobile Department of GRRL.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

34. Moving truck at the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1979
Description:
In the summer of 1979, the St. Cloud Public Lbrary moved from its 1902 Carnegie building at 124 Fifth Avenue South to a successor building at 405 West Germain Street. This photograph shows a moving truck loaded with book carts transferring library materials. The National Guard assisted with the move.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

35. 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)

36. 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)

37. 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)

38. 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)

39. 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)

40. 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)

41. 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)

42. 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)

43. 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)

44. Stacks and reference area of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This shows the reference and stack area 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)

45. Stacks of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This view shows the main stack area and decorative window details in 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)

46. Staff work area and the circulation desk of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This shows the staff work area and circulation desk 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. In the foreground is head cataloger Hazel Zindler.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

47. Stairs to the records loft of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
These stairs led to the records loft of the St. Cloud 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)

48. Stairway leading down to the children's room of the St. Cloud Public Library , St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
This photograph shows the woodwork on the stairs leading down to the children's room in the St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building which stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

49. Storytime in the children's room of the St. Cloud Public Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1970 - 1978
Description:
Librarian Eva Nelson leads story time in front of a fireplace in the children's room. The St. Cloud Public Library's Carnegie building stood at 124 Fifth Avenue South from 1902 until it was torn down in 1981.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

50. Aitkin Public Library, East Central Regional Library, Aitkin, Minnesota

Description:
The Aitkin Public Library, built in 1911, is the only East Central Regional Library branch to have received funds from the Andrew Carnegie Foundation. It served the Aitkin, Minnesota community until 1991 when a new library was built. 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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