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
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
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
The Webber Park branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was formerly known (from 1910 to 1954) as the Camden Park branch. Renamed in 1954, it was housed in the Webber Park fieldhouse at 4380 Webber Parkway, until the building was razed in 1979.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Architectural blueprint for the original 1916 construction of the St. Paul Library's Saint Anthony Park Library, one of the three Carnegie Libraries built in St. Paul. Charles Hausler was St. Paul's first City Architect (1914-1923).
A photograph showing Mary Lou Stutzka, Library Assistant, checking out a book at the Children's Department Checkout Desk in the Winona Public Library, Winona, Minnesota.
"Young people from high schools all over the city meet to look over school annuals and papers, read from the book collection especially selected for teen-agers and talk over school events in the Young People's Room at the Main Minneapolis Public Library."
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Student representatives from each Minneapolis High School aid in setting up the exhibit "Youth Goes to War" in the Young People's Room of Minneapolis Public Library's Central Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library