The Four Carnegie Libraries, 1903-1921
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McMahon, Daniel
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1997
Copyright 1997 Daniel McMahon. Reproduced with the permission of the author. Photographs from the library's collection.
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Santa Cruz (City)
1910s
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1900s
The interior of the Eastside Library
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The interior of the Eastside Library, showing the entrance and the reading room. Note the (wood?) stove in the reading room, on the right side.
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1942
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1940s
Exterior of the Eastside Library
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View of the Eastside Library from Soquel Avenue. The Library sat in El Portal Park, on the triangular lot formed by Water and Poplar Streets and Soquel Avenue.
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Souza. p. 108.
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
ca. 1964
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Santa Cruz (City)
1960s
Interior of the Eastside Library
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The interior of the Eastside Library. In the far room is the desk where books were checked out. The proceedure was simple: stamp the book card and the book with a due date, have the borrower sign the card, and file the card into the box on the desk by due date.
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1923
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1920s
The interior of the Eastside Library
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The interior of the Eastside Library. On the circulation desk is a Gaylord charging machine which was used for checking out books. It mechanically recorded a borrower's library card number and the due-date on a book card.
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1958
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Santa Cruz (City)
1950s
The Eastside Library on a busy afternoon
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The Eastside Library on a busy afternoon, showing the circulation desk and the bookstacks. At the desk is Margaret Meng, Eastside Librarian.
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1964
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1960s
Margaret Meng, new librarian for the Eastside Library, with her predecessor, Ida Crawford
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Margaret Meng, newly-hired librarian for the Eastside Library, with her predecessor, Ida Crawford.
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
October, 1957
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1950s
Children using the Eastside Library
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Children using the Eastside Library. In the background is Margaret Meng, Eastside Librarian, helping a patron find information. The sign on the staff desk says that overdue fines were five cents per day.
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1964
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1960s
Library patron and Librarian Margaret Meng in front of the Eastside Library
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Library patron, Ralph Nakken, and Eastside Librarian, Margaret Meng, in front of the Eastside Library. In the windows are banners urging a yes vote for library bonds. The bond issue, which went before the voters in 1964, included bonds to finance building new libraries to replace both the Main Library and the Eastside Library.
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Souza. p. 114.
Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1964 (based on the banners)
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1960s
Eastside Branch Library
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Eastside Branch Library, located at 1263 Soquel Avenue, was designed by William H. Weeks. Opened in September 1921, it was the last of the four Carnegie Libraries built in Santa Cruz. It was closed and replaced by the Branciforte Library in 1967.
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Souza p. 112
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Santa Cruz Public Libraries
1923
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