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Carnegie Library


Title	Carnegie Library
Description	The Carnegie Library was located at the corner of Travis Street and McKinney Avenue. The lot for the building was purchased from the First Presbyterian Church around 1900-1901, with the library opening in 1904. The lot and building were sold back to the Church twenty-four years later. The building was deemed too small fifteen years after it was built.
Date	1904
Genre	black-and-white photographs copy prints
Subject.Topical (AAT)	carnegie libraries greco-Roman
Subject (Geographic)	Houston, Texas
Original Collection	George Fuermann "Texas and Houston" Collection, 1836-2001 http://archon.lib.uh.edu/index.php?p=collections/controlcard&id=356
Repository	Special Collections, University of Houston Libraries
Original Item Location	ID 1970-001, Box 8, Folder 59
Use and Reproduction	This image is in the public domain and may be used freely. If publishing in print, electronically, or on a website, please use the citation provided by the citation button above. To order a higher resolution reproduction click Request High Res above.
File name	fur124-cc.tif
Digital Collection	reformatted digital