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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.

Black and white photograph of the Kansas City, Missouri Elks Club Christmas party at the Carnegie Library in Kansas City, Kansas. Note on reverse reads: Santa___---CPL Bob Cox, Right---Eugene.

Black and white photograph of Lowell P. T. A. officers standing in front of the school in Kansas City, Kansas. Pictured are Mrs. Arthur Ashley, Sec., Mrs. Avery Birge, Pres., Mrs. King Kirk, Vice Pres., Mrs. Lloyd Baird, 2nd Vice Pres., Mrs. Kenneth…

Black and white portrait photograph of Mrs. Avery Birge, President of Lowell P. T. A.

Black and white photograph of teachers standing in front of Lowell School in Kansas City, Kansas. Pictured are Miss Mildred Kellquist, Kindergarten, Miss Shirley Sparling, 1st grade, Mrs. Barbara Fleming, 1st and 2nd grades, Miss Ann Stanton, 2nd…

Black and white photograph of a group of teachers standing in front of Lowell School in Kansas City, Kansas. Pictured are Miss Elizabeth Hardy, 3rd grade, Miss Nellie McGuinn, 7th grade, Mrs. Elizabeth Finn, 4th grade, and Miss Dorothy Hostetler, 6th…

Black and white photograph of Miss Helen Boner, standing in front of Lowell Elementary School in Kansas City, Kansas. Miss Boner was the principal of Lowell.

Postcard featuring a color photograph of the Aladdin Hotel in Kansas City, Missouri. The Kansas City Power and Light Building, Barney Allis Plaza, and Municipal Auditorium visible as well.

Color photograph of children sitting in front of a Christmas tree.

Black and white photograph of six people picnicking in the woods. Table is set with a tablecloth, watermelon, bread, and eggs.

Black and white photograph of three women, three men, and a child outside of a home in Kansas City. One man holds a brownie camera while a woman wearing a bowler hat looks on.