The majority of these postcards are of Carnegie buildings. Dates from Wikipedia.
Aka Memorial Park Library.
Self-framed card published in Saxony by the Pacific Novelty Company of San Francisco. Mailed in 1913.
1912 Carnegie building, still in use as a library.
Heliotype brand card mailed in 1936 to Wisconsin.
1910 grant: opened 1915. In 1967, the library moved from the Carnegie building into an older, Romanesque building, formerly used as a Customs Office, among other govermental functions.
The Carnegie building is now in use as a restaurant, of all the unusual things.
Heliotype brand card: never mailed.
The first building burnt and the library was reopened in a reading room in 1899.
1902 grant: opened 1905.
Closed 1958. Current fate unknown.
More current history is on
another page.
The 1958 building was renovated in 1978.
Currently 33 branches and 2 bookmobiles comprise the capital city's public library system.
Tinted card bearing an Edward VII stamp on the photo side was mailed to the United States in 1911.
1901 grant.
Demolished.
Logo of PE CO in a maple leaf. 1950s 4 cent QE II stamp, but never mailed. However, the card looks much older, probably from the 1920s.
1904 building, replaced in 1983, now houses the Saint John Arts Centre.
Still in use.
Modern chrome multiview card featuring the Shelburne Community Centre and the Dufferin County Museum, in addition to the library.
1911 grant.
(L) Public Reference Library, Toronto, Ont. Quality postcard for Ballantine Bros. of Toronto.
(R) Linen finish card by Colourpicture, of Boston, Massachusetts.
1903 grant. Closed 1977.
Valentine and Sons Souvenir Post Card printed in Great Britain and mailed in the States.
1905 Romanesque building stands vacant.
Warwick Bros. and Rutter card, printed in Toronto. Isn't the reverse of this card fantastic?
1906 grant. Current function unknown.
Canada's first Carnegie library.
Warwick Bros. and Rutter card, printed in Toronto. Mailed in 1910.
1901 grant. Demolished.
No publishing information or plate number on the tinted, white border card.
The building is still in use, with the library currently part of the Palliser Regional Library.
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