Central Library's 75th Anniversary Collection

The Central Library, on Philadelphia's beautiful Benjamin Franklin Parkway, was dedicated on June 2, 1927. Seventy-five years later, it is a dynamic, evolving destination where the world is at your fingertips and you can travel anywhere in time or place through books and multiple electronic media. Learn more about this collection. For advanced searching filters for this collection, please use the link "Advanced."

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Admission card for the opening ceremony of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, June 2, 1927
Early blueprint of the floor plans of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Early blueprint of the floor plans of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Early blueprint of the floor plans of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Caricature of Clinton Rogers Woodruff, chair of Main Library Site and Building Committee, 1911-1927
Site of proposed Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia between 15th and 16th on the Parkway
Invitation to a preview of the Free Library of Philadelphia at 13th and Locust Streets, November 30, 1910
Advertisement soliciting proposals for site of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Art Metal advertisement featuring the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Free Library of Philadelphia sign soliciting books for soldiers during World War I
Catalog card for Franz von Reber, History of ancient art, accession number 7344, accession date May 4, 1894
Free Library of Philadelphia ground plan and second [sic] floor [at 1217-1221 Chestnut Street]
Accession card for Franz von Reber, History of ancient art, accession number 7344, accession date May 4, 1894
Main Reading Room at the Free Library of Philadelphia at 1217-1221 Chestnut Street
Plan of first floor of City Hall which contained the Free Library of Philadelphia
Horace Trumbauer, Music Pavilion, Willow Grove Amusement Park, ca. 1895
Sketch of Logan Square with fountain and the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia and the Municipal Court Building
Great Central Fair for the U.S. Sanitary Commission, Logan Square, June 1864
Place de la Concorde, a Paris
Interior of Mercantile Library of Philadelphia