. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. studij:s on museums and kindred institutions. 475 1,800,000 books, and at the same time allowing to be used in the build- ing itself more than 2,000,000,books, newspapers, and journals. As the great lire in October, 1871, practically destroyed all li])raries, both public and private, Chicago suffered from a real book famine, and the English writer, Thomas Hughes, addressed an appeal to the writers and publishers among his countrymen to prov
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. studij:s on museums and kindred institutions. 475 1,800,000 books, and at the same time allowing to be used in the build- ing itself more than 2,000,000,books, newspapers, and journals. As the great lire in October, 1871, practically destroyed all li])raries, both public and private, Chicago suffered from a real book famine, and the English writer, Thomas Hughes, addressed an appeal to the writers and publishers among his countrymen to provide the city n. -ase0i Fig. 55.—Chicago Public Library. Plan of first floor. with books, and there quickly came in this way, from Great Britain and the rest of Europe, and from America, a total of 7,000 volumes, the nucleus of the public li])rary which was founded in January, 1872. In January, 1873, a reading room was opened temporarily in the city hall, and in March, 1874, the library, with over 17,000 volumes, was estab- lished not far from its present location. From 1875 on it was again. Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithsonian Institution. Board of Regents; United States National Museum. Report of the U. S. National Museum; Smithsonian Institution. Report of the Secretary. Washington : Smithsonian Institution
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