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Cowan's Auctions, Francis Wayland daguerreotype

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Cowan's Auctions, Francis Wayland daguerreotype, Cowan's Auctions, Unknown

A black and white photograph of Francis Wayland, an American educator and president of Brown University. Francis Wayland had always advocated for…

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Smithsonian Institution, Andrew Carnegie

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Smithsonian Institution, Andrew Carnegie, Smithsonian Institution, 1906

Andrew Carnegie was a Scottish-American industrialist who led the enormous expansion of the American steel industry in the late 19th century. He was…

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State Library of Iowa, Forrest Spaulding from Nashua Telegraph

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State Library of Iowa, Forrest Spaulding from Nashua Telegraph, State Library of Iowa, Unknown

A black and white photograph of Forrest Brisbin Spaulding, a humanitarian who created the Library Bill of Rights. Forrest Spaulding strongly believed…

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Historic Houston Photographs, Carnegie Library

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Historic Houston Photographs, Carnegie Library, Historic Houston Photographs, 1904

The man who acquires the ability to take full possession of his own mind may take possession of anything else to which he is justly entitled. Andrew…

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First photo - Unknown Second photo - A.W. Elson & Co., Boston Public Library

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First photo - Unknown Second photo - A.W. Elson & Co., Boston Public Library, Boston Public Library, 1909

First photo: A photograph of the Boston Public Library located in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Boston Public Library is the first publicly supported…

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