Item Info
Item No: pdcf00375
Title: Oak Lane Branch
Additional Title: WWI memorial plaque on the wall of the Oak Lane Branch, 1923
Historic Street Address:
6614 North 12th Street
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Oak Lane Branch was built with the combined efforts of the Ladies Review Club of Oak Lane, the Library Association, and funding from Andrew Carnegie--it was the twelfth of 25 Philadlephia libraries built using the Carnegie grant, and it opened on December 7, 1911.
This 1923 image, taken from a copy of the Thirteenth Annual Report of the Art Jury, shows that the center spandrel panel on the Oak Lane side facade of the branch was removed, and a World War I bronze memorial plaque was installed.
The Oak Lane Branch serves the community of Oak Lane, east of Broad Street at the city's northern border.
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.137812
Geocode Latitude:40.054576
Creator Name: Thirteeth Annual Report of the Art Jury, Philadelphia