Civic Pride in a Lost America: Library Postcards
Leather Library Postcards
I'm also working on a page which is an ongoing personal research project. Take a look at Ladies' Libraries, and if you have some connection with these precursors to the public library movement and Carnegie's mission, please drop me a line.
The postcard's text explains the craze for these off-beat postcards:
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How do you like this card for your pillow?
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From your friend,
Jeannette Voss
The above are the leather postcards in my library postcard collection. For better images, and a history of the buildings featured, click the image to reach its primary page. Other navigation is in the top strip, and a drop-down menu to right.
As always, I'd appreciate feedback from all my followers: librarians, historians, deltiologists, and those curious about those little neoclassical temples of wisdom dotted across North America.
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