Port Huron Public Library, Port Huron, Mich. – Historic Print
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This historic image of Port Huron Public Library, Port Huron, Mich. brings a moment of history to your wall. Drawn from the Snapshots of the Past archive, it is an authentic piece of documented history.
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Port Huron Public Library, Port Huron, Mich.
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Port Huron, Michigan, sits on the St. Clair River where it flows out of Lake Huron, and its public library is the particular subject here, a civic building photographed as a point of local pride in a town built on river trade and shipping. Libraries of this kind were often funded in part by Andrew Carnegie's grants, which led many American towns to put up formal, stone or brick buildings with prominent steps and entrances. Worth noticing is how the building's scale and architecture signaled that a working port town also valued books, reading rooms and public education.
| Original scan | 5,182 × 3,851 px · prints to 17 × 13 in at 300 dpi |
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| Reference | tif15331_PortHuronPublicLibraryPortHuro |
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