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Mechanics' Institute Photo Collection  (List 4 of 4)
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Sixth Mechanics' Fair Pavilion
Erected 1882, and destroyed by fire in 1906

View of Exhibits (1)


View of Exhibits (2)

Library staff
Photo taken in the late 1890s

Library Circulation Desk
Photo featuring the Huntington sisters, 1898

Temporary Library building
Photo taken in June, 1906

Temporary Library building
Exterior view
South-east corner of Grove and Polk Streets
Opened August 1906, and closed June 30, 1910


Temporary Library building
Interior view
August 1906 - June 30, 1910
Photo taken in 1906

Temporary Library building
Interior view
August 1906 - June 30, 1910


New Library building
Erected on site of former building
Originally, the Library occupied the second and third floors. The six upper floors were divided into offices and the ground floor into stores.
Opened in July, 1910

Library
An interior view

Main Room
Second floor of Library,
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ooking north to Post Street
Photo taken during the 1920s

Main Room
Second floor of Library

Photo taken during the 1920s

Main Room
Second floor of Library

Photo taken during the 1920s

Reference Room
Third floor of the Library

Photo taken during the 1920s

Reference Room
Third floor of the Library

Mechanics' Institute building
Photo taken during 2002

 
Page revised:  December, 2003