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

Creator:
Sifford, Bruce
Date Created:
1889 - 1910
Description:
A patron looking at slides in the Art 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

2. 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

3. Technical Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Sifford, Bruce
Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
A woman consults cookbooks in the Technical Room 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

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

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1928
Description:
Librarian Mrs. Elva Bailey, first head of the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service, is shown bringing a cart of reading material to a Children's Ward in Minneapolis General Hospital in 1928.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. Hennepin County Department, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Ryan, George Miles
Date Created:
1922 - 1961
Description:
The Hennepin County Library service began in 1922 and originally had its offices in the downtown Minneapolis Public Library (Old Main). County services continued to operate out of the Minneapolis Central Library downtown from 1961-1973, when the County's library services moved to the Southdale Library. They later moved to the Ridgedale Library building in 1981, where they continue today.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

6. 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

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

Date Created:
1930 - 1949
Description:
Librarian Ruth Kittel supplies books to children hospitalized in Minneapolis' General Hospital through the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

8. 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

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

Date Created:
1930 - 1949
Description:
Patients at the University of Minnesota's University Hospital are provided reading material through the Minneapolis Public Library's Hospital Service.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Hennepin County Department, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1922 - 1961
Description:
The Hennepin County Library service began in 1922 and originally had its offices in the downtown Minneapolis Public Library (Old Main). County services continued to operate out of the Minneapolis Central Library downtown from 1961-1973, when the County's library services moved to the Southdale Library. They later moved to the Ridgedale Library building in 1981, where they continue today.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1915 - 1930
Description:
A class of schoolchildren are being taught how to use the library in 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:
Black-and-white photographs

12. 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

13. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Children play a game under the supervision of library staff at the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy. This branch, at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, was in service from 1912 to 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

14. 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

15. 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

16. 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

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

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

18. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minnesota

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

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

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

20. Parent-Teacher Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1923
Description:
The Parent-Teacher 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

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

Creator:
Kammerdiener, J. H.
Date Created:
1926-12-13
Description:
"Art Department of the Minneapolis Public Library, Dec. 13, 1926. Before the Music Department was moved from the front room. Leonora Mann (left) and Ruth Thompson (right) at the charging desk. Phot made by J.H. Kammerdiener and given by him to the Minneapolis Collection, April 1942."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Technical Room, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1910 - 1920
Description:
The Technical Room in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library is shown filled with male patrons. In the foreground is a tray of volumes labelled "U.S. Boy's Working Reserve."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. Music Department, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1923
Description:
The Music Department in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library. "Grace Nelson at desk, at table (back to front) Ruth Wedermann center table in fur coat, Sadie Fisher Petersen (singer); table far right, Frances Kelley (pianist)."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920 - 1939
Description:
The book stacks in Minneapolis Public Library's original Central Library were not open to the public.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. Clipping collection, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Patrons using the clipping collection in vertical files 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

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

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

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

Date Created:
1919 - 1920
Description:
Children and youth are gathered in a reading area of the Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, which was housed in the John D. Webber Memorial Fieldhouse in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and razed for a new library building in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1910 - 1954
Description:
This shows the interior of the Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library, which was housed in the John D. Webber Memorial Fieldhouse in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and razed for a new library building in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. 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

30. 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

31. 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

32. 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

33. 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

34. Seven Corners Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1912-1920
Description:
Patrons fill the Reading Room of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, built in 1912 at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South and in use until 1967. The Seven Corners (Cedar-Riverside) area was teeming with new immigrants and the library was quite busy.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

35. Microfilm record, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-04-07
Description:
"Copy of microfilm record made on reader-printer is trimmed and inserted in window envelope. Enclosed ia a reminder to the patron that his material is overdue. 4-7-1961."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

36. Microfilm reader, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-04-07
Description:
"Overdue notices are made automatically on a 'Filmac100' microfilm reader-printer from microfilmed records. Shown, Judy Berglin, Circulation. 4-7-1961."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1910-1930
Description:
Patrons using stereoscope viewers 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

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

Date Created:
1927?
Description:
Miss Todd 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

39. 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

40. 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

41. 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

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

Date Created:
1889 - 1910
Description:
The clipping files 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

43. 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

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

Date Created:
1916?
Description:
The Children's Room, filled with plants, 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

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

Date Created:
1916?
Description:
The Children's Room, filled with plants, 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

46. 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

47. Bookmobile, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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

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

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

49. Keysort cards,, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1961-04-07
Description:
"McBee keysort cards are numbered transaction cards which can be arranged numerically with a needle, quickly and efficiently."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. 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
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