Item Info
Media Type: Photographic Prints
Source: Print and Picture Collection
Notes:
The Wyoming Branch was the last of the 25 Free Library branches funded by Andrew Carnegie, opening in 1930. In fact, it turned out to be the last library in the world constructed with funds donated by the great library philanthropist.
Because it was the last Carnegie, it included more elaborate details than previous Free Library Carnegies. The children's room, seen here, has marble instead of wood for the ledges under the bookshelves, and ornamental plasterwork on the ceiling that is among the finest to be found in Philadelphia's branch libraries.
By 1935, the Wyoming Branch had become a mecca of children's and teen activity, so much so that frustrated adult patrons wrote letters of complaint to the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin.
The Wyoming Branch serves the Juniata/Feltonville neighborhoods.
Creation Year: ca. 1930
Geocode Latitude: Geocode Longitude:-75.120714
Geocode Latitude:40.021303