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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Evangelist Billy Sunday preaching on March 15, 1915 in a temporary tabernacle erected on the site of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
P.A.B. Widener mansion at Broad and Girard following conversion by Horace Trumbauer from home to library in 1899
Throng attends new library opening ceremony
Official seal of the Free Library of Philadelphia found over the the main entrance of the Central Library
Plan of the second floor of Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia based on the ideas of John Ashhurst
Plan of the basement floor of Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia based on the ideas of John Ashhurst
Plan of the first floor of Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia based on the ideas of John Ashhurst
Perspective of first prize design submitted by Lord & Hewlett, architects, in the soldiers' and sailors' monument competition, at Philadelphia
Public Documents Reference Room, now called the Government Publications Department of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Roof Reading Room, now the Skyline Room and Foundation Offices of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Pepper Hall, now the Art Department and Literature Department of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Main Stairway and statue of William Pepper in the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Music Room, now Education, Philosophy, and Religion Department of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Children's Room, now Central Children's Department of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
East Special Reading Room, now Business Science and Industry of the Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia
Central Library of the Free Library of Philadelphia by Horace Trumbauer. Perspective from southwest
Miramar, perspective des jardins
Show me!: cartoon from Philadelphia record, Feb. 21, 1912
Old Doc Ryan's anti-Parkway dope: cartoon from Philadelphia inquirer, Feb. 20, 1912
What's in a name? Why not make the Parkway a Midway and get a Supplee-mental income from the rentals?: cartoon from Philadelphia inquirer, Feb. 5, 1912