[Front View of Carnegie Building]

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Negative of front-view of Carnegie Building. The brick building is two-stories tall, with a staircase leading to a set of doors in the front. Two lamps are on both sides of the doorway. In the foreground, there is a sidewalk. In the background, there are other buildings. Text below the image says "Public Library. Gainesville[,] Texas. Gift of Andrew Carnegie. Boyd [and] Breeding."

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 7 cm.

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Rescuing Texas History, 2010 and was provided by the Cooke County Library to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. It has been viewed 169 times. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Cooke County Library

In 1921, Cooke County officially established its public library, although the institution had been in development since 1899 when the XLI Club of Gainesville started a subscription library for $1.00 a year. They provide services to residents of all of Cooke County.

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Negative of front-view of Carnegie Building. The brick building is two-stories tall, with a staircase leading to a set of doors in the front. Two lamps are on both sides of the doorway. In the foreground, there is a sidewalk. In the background, there are other buildings. Text below the image says "Public Library. Gainesville[,] Texas. Gift of Andrew Carnegie. Boyd [and] Breeding."

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1 photograph : negative, b&w ; 6 x 7 cm.

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Rescuing Texas History, 2010

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  • Oct. 4, 2010, 11:13 a.m.

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[Front View of Carnegie Building], photograph, Date Unknown; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth121675/: accessed March 28, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.

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