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- Collection: History of the Lawrence Public Library
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Massachusetts Street, East Side Looking North, Summer 1876
A photograph of Massachusetts Street taken the summer of 1876. The photograph shows a gravel road and a row of horse-drawn carts parked in front of various storefronts, including a drug store and a liquor and cigar store. Also visible are a row of…
Friends in Council, 1892
A portrait of the literary society Friends in Council, of which Helen Griswold Banks, Nellie Griswold Palmer, and Mary Simpson were members. The photograph shows the ladies of Lawrence. On the lower right side are grouped Nellie Griswold Palmer…
Transfer of Library to the City of Lawrence, 1871
An article in the Lawrence Daily Journal reporting that the library has passed from the privately-controled Lawrence Library Association to the City of Lawrence. The article names some changes that will ensue, including the opening of the reading to…
