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151. Ridgedale Library, Hennepin County Library, Minnetonka, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
Ridgedale Library opened in 1982 and serves the City of Minnetonka and surrounding communities. It is also home to Hennepin County Library system headquarters. The library underwent a major renovation in 1997-99, reopening in its current location on Ridgedale Drive. This image is of the library before the renovation.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

152. Microfiche reader, Central Library, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1982
Description:
A microfiche reader used to peruse the library catalog at the Central Library of Minneapolis Public Library.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

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

Date Created:
1981?
Description:
The second location of the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1981 at 2880 Hennepin Avenue, in a building that was mostly underground. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library 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:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1981?
Description:
The second location of the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library opened in 1981 at 2880 Hennepin Avenue, in a building that was mostly underground. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library 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:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1981?
Description:
The Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library 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:
Negatives (photographic)

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

Date Created:
1981?
Description:
Patrons in the periodicals area of the second location of the Walker branch of Minneapolis Public Library. This facility opened in 1981 at 2880 Hennepin Avenue, in a building that was mostly underground. Founded in 1885, the Minneapolis Public Library 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:
Negatives (photographic)

157. Bookmobile, Great River Regional Library, St. Cloud, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981?
Description:
The Great River Regional Library bookmobile parked inside the Headquarters loading dock, St. Cloud, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Great River Regional Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

158. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981
Description:
Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom's Hardware Store. The book station held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80. In 1980, the first free-standing library in Rogers opened at 21300 John Milless Drive.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

159. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1981
Description:
The children's area of the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

160. Webber Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
This location of the Webber Park branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was built in 1980 and razed in 2013.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

161. Webber Park Branch, Minneapolis Public Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980?
Description:
This location of the Webber Park branch of the Minneapolis Public Library was built in 1980 and razed in 2013.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

162. 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)

163. 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)

164. 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)

165. 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)

166. 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)

167. 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)

168. 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)

169. 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)

170. Rogers Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Rogers, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980-2005
Description:
Exterior view of the Rogers branch of Hennepin County Library which opened in 1980 at 21300 John Milless Drive, Rogers, Minnesota. THe building was later renovate in 2005. Library service to the Rogers area dates back to the 1950s and a book station in Ahlstrom s Hardware Store which held 400 volumes. The Hennepin County Library bookmobile served area residents in 1970-80.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

171. Osseo Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Osseo, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980-1990
Description:
The front entrance of the building housing the Osseo Public Library. The first library in the Osseo community opened in 1922 in the Commercial Club Room on the upper floor of the Hovorka drugstore. Over the next several years, the library moved to the local Town Hall, a space in the village s former jail, the Masonic building, and finally to its current location in Osseo City Hall at 415 Central Avenue.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

172. Card catalog on film, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-1985
Description:
A library patron searches for book using the new Com Cat, a card catalog on film.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

173. Interior of the St. Francis Library, St. Francis, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-09
Description:
Interior of the St. Francis Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

174. Magic Performance at Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-08
Description:
A young girl helps perform a magic trick for an audience of children on the second floor of the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

175. Storytime at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A librarian reads a story to a group of children.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

176. Patrons browse for books at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
Patrons browse through the reference section at the Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

177. Patrons browse for books at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A couple of library patrons look at large print reading material on a spinning book rack.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

178. Patron at the magazine racks in Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A patron looks through the magazines at Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

179. Deb helps patrons purchase books at the Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
Deb helps several patrons purchase old library books from the sales cart at the Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

180. Book sale at Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
Patrons line up at a book sale event at the Northtown Library.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

181. Book sale at Northtown Library, Blaine, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-05
Description:
A young patron contemplates a purchase at a Northtown Library book sale event.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

182. Children at the library, Anoka County, Minnesota

Creator:
Anoka County Library
Date Created:
1980-03
Description:
Children hug a giant stuffed gorilla doll.
Contributing Institution:
Anoka County Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Black-and-white photographs

183. Penn Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 2003
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

184. Penn Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 2003
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

185. Penn Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Bloomington, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 2003
Description:
Exterior view of the Penn Lake branch of Hennepin County Library, 8800 Penn Avenue South, Bloomington, Minnesota. Nestled between large pine and oak trees, Penn Lake Library opened in 1970. It was the first free-standing library built in the City of Bloomington. The library was renovated in 2003. In the decades before 1970, the library operated out of various locations in the community including Bloomington Schools Administration Building (1954-57) and Lincoln High School (1957-62).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

186. St. Bonifacius Public Library, Hennepin County Library, St. Bonifacius, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 2000
Description:
Exterior view of the St. Bonifacius branch of Hennepin County Library. The fa ade of the small building is decorated with two square columns with an ornamental frieze and pediment. St. Bonifacius Library opened in 1931 in the former People s State Bank Building which was donated to the Village of St. Bonifacius for use as a library by local landowners Mr. and Mrs. Edward C. Gale. The building, which was constructed in 1916, had no running water, restrooms or central heating and cooling until 1987. The library was renovated in 2006. It serves residents of St. Bonifacius, Mound, Minnetrista, Waconia and Westonka.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

187. Bookmobile, Hennepin County Library, Minneapolis, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1995
Description:
Hennepin County Library's Mobile Library parked in a garage.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

188. Medina Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Medina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
A small branch library, which operated out of the Medina city offices. It was closed in the late 1980s as a result of budget cuts.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

189. Medina Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Medina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
A small branch library, which operated out of the Medina city offices. It was closed in the late 1980s as a result of budget cuts.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

190. Long Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Long Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Library service to the Long Lake community in western Hennepin County began in 1913, when the library was housed out of the Long Lake Bank Building. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community. This photo shows the interior of the library, including the checkout desk.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

191. Long Lake Library, Hennepin County Library, Long Lake, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Library service to the Long Lake community in western Hennepin County began in 1913, when the library was housed out of the Long Lake Bank Building. For several decades, the library operated out of various locations in the community. In this photo it is housed in a mall at 2160 Wayzata Boulevard.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

192. Champlin Branch, Hennepin County Library, Champlin, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Exterior view of the Champlin Branch. Library service has been available to Champlin-area residents since the early 1900s. For most of the 20th century, library service was provided in a variety of small community locations.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

193. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Interior of the Brooklyn Center Library at 5601 Osseo Road (subsequently named Brooklyn Boulevard).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

194. Brooklyn Center Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980 - 1990
Description:
Patrons reading near the fireplace and periodicals section of the Brooklyn Center Library at 5601 Osseo Road (subsequently named Brooklyn Boulevard).
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Negatives (photographic)

195. Southdale Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Edina, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
Southdale Library opened in 1973 and was the second library built in the City of Edina. When it opened, the library offered a new level of library service in suburban Hennepin County because of its large collection of reference and popular materials. Located at 7001 York Avenue South, Edina, Minnesota, the library is part of a larger complex that houses district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Slides (photographs)

196. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
Entrance to the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

197. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
The hallway leading to meeting rooms in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

198. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
Exterior of the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

199. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
A hallway with art on display in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs

200. Brookdale Library, Hennepin County Library, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota

Date Created:
1980
Description:
A seating area near the stacks in the Brookdale Library which opened for service in 1981 at 6125 Shingle Creek Parkway, Brooklyn Center, Minnesota. A branch of the Hennepin County Library System, the library is housed in a larger complex that includes district courts and a Hennepin County service center.
Contributing Institution:
Hennepin County Library, James K. Hosmer Special Collections Library
Type:
Still Image
Format:
Color photographs
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