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Greater Olney Branch

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Item No: pdcf00162
Title: Greater Olney Branch
Additional Title: Interior view of the Greater Olney Branch, 1963
Historic Street Address: 5501 North 5th Street
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:

The Kiwanis Club and the Olney Community Council began working together in 1945, to create a Free Library in their neighborhood. The Greater Olney Branch opened in the former Olney Bank and Trust Company building on October 20, 1949. This interior view shows the main reading and circulation areas in 1963, prior to extensive remodeling.

Located at 5th Street and Tabor Road, the branch serves the Olney community.


Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.130674
Geocode Latitude:40.035015