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

Date Created:
1889 - 1950
Description:
A sign from Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. "Rest Rooms - Entrance outside 10th St., Rear of building." This building opened in 1889 and was in service until a new buildling opened in 1961.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

2. 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

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

Date Created:
1893-11-15
Description:
Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. This building opened in 1889 and was in service until a new building replaced it in 1961.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

4. Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1900-1930
Description:
Exterior of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library at Tenth Street and Hennepin Avenue. This building opened in 1889 and was in service until 1959.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

5. 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

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

Date Created:
1909 - 1910
Description:
The John D. Webber Fieldhouse in Webber Park, under construction. The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was housed in this building in Webber Park from 1910�1954. It was renamed Webber Park Library in 1954 and the buidling was 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

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

Date Created:
1910 - 1954
Description:
The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library 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

8. Camden Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1910 - 1954
Description:
The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library 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

9. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1911 - 1954
Description:
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1970s the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

10. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1911?
Description:
Located in the Uptown neighborhood of Minneapolis, Minnesota, the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South. In the 1970s the branch moved across the street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1912 - 1930
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1912 - 1930
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
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

Date Created:
1912 - 1950
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1914 - 1920
Description:
The children's room of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1914 - 1920
Description:
Shelves of magazines 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

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

Date Created:
1914 - 1920
Description:
A fireplace in the children's section of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1914 - 1930
Description:
Exterior view of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1914 - 1936
Description:
Exterior view of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1915 - 1930
Description:
A fireplace in the children's section of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1915 - 1930
Description:
A fireplace in the club room of the Franklin Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. Opened in August 1914 at 1314 East Franklin Avenue, and designed by architect Edward L. Tilton, this was the first library building in Minneapolis to be built with funds from Andrew Carnegie. It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

21. Business and Municipal Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1916
Description:
Exterior of the Business and Municipal Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library in 1916, at 508 Second Avenue South, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

22. Hosmer Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1916 - 1920
Description:
Exterior view of the Hosmer branch of Minneapolis Public Library. Originally known as the Thirty-sixth Street Branch, this building was built in 1916 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

23. 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

24. West Duluth Branch Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
West Duluth Branch Library 701 North Central Avenue; Duluth Public Library; winter; fence
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

25. West Duluth Branch Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
West Duluth Branch Library 701 North Central Avenue; Duluth Public Library; winter; fence; houses
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

26. West Duluth Branch Library, Duluth, Minnesota

Creator:
McKenzie, Hugh, 1879-1957
Date Created:
1919?
Description:
West Duluth Branch Library 701 North Central Avenue; Duluth Public Library
Contributing Institution:
University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

27. Public library building, Virginia, Minnesota

Creator:
Pederson, Bert O., 1874-1959
Date Created:
1920 - 1929
Description:
Exterior view of the public library building, facing east on South 5th Avenue West. Funded by Andrew Carnegie, it was first built in 1912.
Contributing Institution:
Iron Range Research Center
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1920 - 1930
Description:
Exterior of the Seven Corners Branch of Minneapolis Public Library at 300 Fifteenth Avenue South, built in 1912 and in use until 1967.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

29. 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

30. Logan Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Serving the community of Northeast Minneapolis, the Logan Park branch of the Minneapolis Publlic Library was located in the fieldhouse of Logan Park until 1957, when the branch moved and was renamed the Pierre Bottineau branch.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

31. 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

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

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Children in a basement room of 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

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

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
A party for night school students in the Reading Room of the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
Children reading in the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library. The branch opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Hibbard, C. J.
Date Created:
1920?
Description:
The Reading Room in the Sumner branch of the Minneapolis Public Library which opened in 1915 in a building funded by the Andrew Carnegie Corporation. It is named for Charles Sumner, a U.S. Senator from Massachusetts and was placed on the National Register of Historic Places in 2000. Before 1915, the library was located in a rented room at 901 6th Avenue North.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1924 - 1940
Description:
A fireplace in the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The East Lake Branch opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Creator:
Kairies, A. E.
Date Created:
1924 - 1940
Description:
The front entrance of the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library, which opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1924 - 1954
Description:
The East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west. Streetcar tracks are visible running along Lake Street.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1924?
Description:
The children's section in the East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. The East Lake Branch opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

42. 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

43. West Lake Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1926 - 1946
Description:
The West Lake branch of Minneapolis Public Library operated from this location at West Lake Street and Pillsbury Avenue f rom 1926 to 1946.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

44. St. Peter Public Library, St. Peter, Minnesota

Date Created:
1929?
Description:
This photograph shows the old St. Peter Public Library, which was located on the northeast corner of the intersection of Minnesota Avenue and Mulberry Streets. Andrew Carnegie provided funds for its construction.
Contributing Institution:
Nicollet County Historical Society
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

45. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1950
Description:
The Adult Department of the Walker Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This branch opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South where it functioned until the 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

46. Walker Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1930 - 1950
Description:
The Reference area of the Walker Branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This branch opened in 1911 at 2901 Hennepin Avenue South where it functioned until the 1970s.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1936
Description:
The Camden Branch of the Minneapolis Public Library 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

48. Central Avenue Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
With community support and funds from Andrew Carnegie the Central Avenue Branch of the Minneapolis Library opened on November 15, 1915 at 2200 Central Avenue Northeast, Minneapolis, Minnesota. It stood until 1972 when it was razed to make room for the new Northeast Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1936
Description:
The East Lake Branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in this building at 2916 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota in February 1924. In 1976 the library moved to a new building two blocks west. This building subsequently housed a Montessori day care and a merchandising business.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

50. Hosmer Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minnesota

Date Created:
1936
Description:
Exterior view of the Hosmer branch of Minneapolis Public Library, with streetcar rails visible. Originally known as the Thirty-sixth Street Branch, this building was built in 1916 with funds from the Carnegie Corporation and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 2000.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs
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