Public Library Collection (#25)

BARBADOS, Bridgetown, Detail of Public Library

Mile End Election, Mr Pemberton Billing

Petts Wood Library in Kent 2nd July 1949

Loading books onto the mobile library outside the Kent County Library in Blackfen, London. 1939

Biblioteka Publiczna Wojewodzka i Miejska (Public Library), Rzeszow, Poland, Europe

WA, Seattle, Seattle Public Library

New York Public Library Fifth Avenue New York City

Public Library, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, North America

Boston Public Library, Boston, Massachusetts, New England, United States of America, North America

Visitors sitting in front of Statue of Charles Darwin outside Public Library, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Charles Darwin outside Public Library, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, England, United Kingdom, Europe

Statue of Queen Victoria outside the Public Library, Valletta, Malta, Europe

Chicago Cultural Center, Beaux Arts architecture, formerly the Public Library, Chicago, Illinois, United States of America, North America

Hand sculpture in front of Public Library, Washington D. C. United States of America
Hand sculpture in front of Public Library, Washington D.C. United States of America, North America

Inside Vancouver Public Library, designed by Moshe Safdie, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Vancouver Public Library, designed by Moshe Safdie, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, North America

Art Museum and Public Library, Denver, Colorado, USA

Boston Public Library, 1848, Copley Square, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

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