LIBRARY PHOTOGRAPHS

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Sign outside the Grosse Pointe
branch of the Wayne County 
Library System, circa 1931 
The Grosse Pointe Village
branch of the Wayne County
Library System, May 1931
Interior of the Grosse Pointe
Village Library, July 1929.  A
remodeled six room cottage
Interior of the Village Library
April 1931.  The collection
contained 3,000 volumes
 

 

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Interior of the Village Library,
May 1931
Exterior of the Grosse Pointe
Shores Municipal building, circa
1930.  A small library occupied
one room.
The interior of the Grosse
Pointe Shores Library, circa
1930.
Interior of the Grosse Pointe
Park Library in the basement
of the Municipal Buliding, 
April 22, 1931.
 

 

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Exterior of the Grosse Pointe
Farms Center, September
26, 1939.  A small library
occupied one room.
Interior of the Grosse Pointe
Farms Center Library, circa
1939
Architectural rendering of the
new Grosse Pointe Park Library
(right) from the dedication
brochure, October 1, 1939
Interior of the Grosse Pointe
Park Library, 1939  The collection
consisted of 10, 187 books.
 

 

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Grosse Pointe Park Branch after the
lighting upgrade, January 18, 1952
Grosse Pointe Park Branch after the
lighting upgrade, January 18, 1952.
Interior of the Grosse Pointe 
Park Library, 1939.  It contained
space for 15,00 volumes.
Exterior of the newly completed
Grosse Pointe Woods branch,
1950
 

 

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Interior of the Grosse Pointe
Woods branch, 1950
Interior of the Grosse Pointe
Woods branch at Christmas,
circa 1980
Architectural rendering of the
proposed Grosse Pointe Central
Library, circa 1949
Construction begins on the new
Grosse Pointe Central branch
at Kercheval and Fisher, 1949
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The new Central branch nearing
completion, 1950
The Central branch from Fisher Avenue,  mid-1950s