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Orange Public Library, Carnegie building, with books being moved out before demolition, Orange, California, 1959

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Title: Orange Public Library, Carnegie building, with books being moved out before demolition, Orange, California, 1959
Creator: Santa Ana Register photographer
Date Created and/or Issued: 1959-12
Publication Information: Orange Public Library
Contributing Institution: Orange Public Library and History Center
Collection: Orange Public Library Local History Collection
Rights Information: For information on copyrights and permissions, please contact Orange Public Library, Orange, California.
Description: Orange City Librarian Ethel Swanger stands on the balcony of the old Carnegie Library building, observing books being placed on conveyor belt in preparation of demolishing the building in order to construct a new one on the same site. The Carnegie Library, designed by architect C.B. Bradshaw, opened in 1908 and was demolished in 1961. The box containing the books is labelled "C.O.G." and is a wooden Consolidated Orange Growers citrus crate. The photo appeared in the Santa Ana Register in December 1959.
Photographic print
B&w
10.8x 22.1 cm.
Type: image
Identifier: http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt9199p8gq
OPL3701
10511113
Language: English
Subject: Libraries
Historic buildings
Orange (Calif.)
Orange Public Library, Carnegie Building--Orange (Calif.)
Swanger, Ethel

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