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Title: Newly constructed Carnegie Library Building, San Diego Public Library, 1902
Date Created and/or Issued: 1902
Publication Information: Digitized by San Diego Public Library
Contributing Institution: San Diego Public Library
Collection: Central Library History
Rights Information: https://cdm16736.contentdm.oclc.org/digital/custom/copyright
Description: San Diego Free Public Library opened its doors to the public on April 23, 1902, the first Carnegie Library Building west of the Mississippi. Designed by architects Ackerman and Ross of New York City, the Classical Revival style structure was built to serve a city population of less than 17,000 and house a collection of 15,000 volumes. Title supplied by cataloger.
Type: image
Format: image/jpeg
Identifier: C_3_B10
http://cdm16736.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p16736coll1/id/7
Subject: San Diego Public Library--History
San Diego Public Library Carnegie Building (San Diego, Calif.)--History
Library buildings--California--San Diego--History
Time Period: 1902
Place: San Diego, CA.
Source: Photograph: 4.5 x 6.5 in., San Diego Public Library, Special Collections Photograph Collection, Box 10.

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