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Color photograph of Sandra Poole, Reference Librarian, checking the list to begin a daily search of materials to be loaned on the Kansas Informational Circuit. Main Library, downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of the reference area in the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Kansas Room visible in the background.

Color photograph of librarians Jo Gander and Rebecca Delherran working at the reference desk of the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of the chute used to transfer books from the old Carnegie Library to the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of the excavation of library grounds in Huron Park to make way for the new library construction. Town House hotel visible in the background.

Color photograph of a police officer viewing artworks for checkout at the new Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. When the library opened it owned 738 framed reproductions of artworks that loaned for eight weeks.

Color photograph of the lobby and circulation desk in the new Main Library. Visible is one of the electronic anti-theft gates installed in the new building in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of Louise Steward working at the circulation desk in the new Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of film librarians Irene Anderson and Sondra Novagradac looking at film reels in the AV department of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Sepia toned photograph of the Carnegie Library, located in Huron Park in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. View of front elevation from the north side.

Color photograph of the old Carnegie Library being demolished in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. The building was razed to make way for the Main Library's new parking lot. View looking northeast.

Color photograph of the view towards Minnesota Avenue from the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Fish pond visible in foreground and commercial businesses visible in background. This area became the site for the new Main Library.

Color photograph of the Huron Park rose garden with peonies in bloom and the Carnegie Library in the background. View looking north.

Color photograph of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. North elevation.

Black and white photograph of two unidentified women reading in the book room at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of staff and patrons at the circulation desk in the lobby of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Seward working at desk.

Color photograph of library staff and patrons at the circulation desk of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Louise Seward working at desk.

Sepia toned photographs of Bethany Hospital nursing students standing in a group in front of Bethany Hospital at Orchard and Tenny Streets in the Strawberry Hill area of Kansas City, Kansas. Photographs are glued to paper page and each woman is…

Black and white photograph of a circulation desk at the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of an unidentified man with an Army recruiter.

Black and white photograph of unidentified man with two army recruiters.

Black and white photograph of Zeke Montroy, World's Champion Shoe Shiner.

Black and white photograph of the seated audience at the U.S. Army Mothers', post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of members of the U.S. Army Mothers' post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books in the lobby of the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of the U.S. Army Mothers', post No. 1 dedication of a new drinking fountain and 30 books at the Carnegie Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of the stacks and seating area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of new furniture in the reading area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas. Stacks visible in the background.

Color photograph of the children's area on the second floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of Willard Dennis, Head Librarian at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library in the administrative office suite at the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of Willard Dennis, Head Librarian at the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library, in his office on the second floor of the Main Library.

Color photograph of the reading area on the second floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of the reading area on the first floor of the Main Library in downtown Kansas City, Kansas.

Color photograph of the magazine rack in the reading area of the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of technical services staff at the Main Library. Margaret McDonald (seated) explains to Judy Hayden how to catalog materials for circulation.

Black and white photograph of a patron browsing the magazine rack at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of library staff and patrons perusing the magazine collection at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of head librarian, Willard Dennis, next to the book elevator in the Main Library circulation office.

Black and white photograph of unidentified group viewing the plaque dedicated to Elizabeth Dickinson, first librarian of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library.

Color photograph of an interior view of the new Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. Looking Northwest

Black and white photograph of Head Librarian, Willard Dennis, sitting at a desk in the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of library staff looking at microfilm in the Kansas Room at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. L-R: Sandra Poole, Robert Walker, Willard Dennis.

Black and white photograph of patrons listening to records in the Fine Arts Department at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas. When the library opened, it held a collection of 850 records that was planned to increase to 3,000. Pictured are Steve…

Black and white photograph of patrons reading at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of patrons studying and taking notes in the reading area of the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of a patron using a typewriter at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.

Black and white photograph of Rose Mary Colovich and Cathy Overcash inventorying records in the Main Library record collection.

Black and white photograph of staff working in the technical services department of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library.

Black and white photograph of the artist Tom Russell, librarian Gwen Rose, and library director Willard Dennis in front of Mr. Russell's mural on the second floor of the Main Library.

Black and white photograph of the reference area of the Kansas City, Kansas Public Library shortly after opening. Study tables, bookshelves and microfilm visible.

Librarian Rose Mary Colovich listens to a record at the Main Library in Kansas City, Kansas.