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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 |
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