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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Third floor plan, steel-frame version of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1922
Roof plan, steel-frame version of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1922
First mezzanine floor plan, steel-frame version of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1922
First floor plan, steel-frame version of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1922
Ground floor plan, steel-frame version of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, 1922
Red Letter Day letter from the P.H. Kelly Construction Company to the American Bridge Company regarding construction delays on theCentral Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, March 17, 1923
Letter from Mayor John Reyburn to John Thomson approving of Horace Trumbauer as architect of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, June 1, 1911
Letter from Mayor John Reyburn to John Thomson approving of Horace Trumbauer as architect of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia, June 1, 1911
Ordinance of February 18, 1916 addressed to John Thomson, authorizing the mayor to enter into a contract for the construction of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Ordinance of April 8, 1911, setting aside the site for the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia on Vine Street between 19th and 20th Streets
Winn Memorial Library, presentation, first story plan
Julian Abele college graduation biographical entry, 1902 Record
Report on Central Library Building, Philadelphia, Pa.
Appeal from decree of Court of Common Pleas, no.4 of Philadelphia County, as of June term, 1917 : Walter R. Taylor, appellant vs. City of Philadelphia, Thomas B. Smith, Mayor ... [et al.]
Periodical Room, now Philbrick Popular Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Card Catalog, now West Hallway of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Rooftop Terrace of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Cataloguing Department in the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Main Reading Room, now Social Science and History Department of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Perspective drawing by Jules Guerin of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia from the southeast, 1912