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This podcast series is about the history of the Carnegie Library and the lunettes that decorated its interior.

From Left to Right: Evelyn Watts, secretary to the Library Director; Grinton I. Will, Library Directory; Harold L. Hamill, Assistant Library Director. The photograph was taken in 1938.

The first cornerstone of this library was laid on June 20, 1903. It opened to the public on July 8, 1904. The library closed on May 2, 1981.
This photograph was taken in 1981.

This photograph was taken in the 1940s.

Grinton I. Will is the third man from the left.
The photograph was taken October 3, 1954.

Betty Beck working in the library director's office. The photograph was taken in 1936.

This photograph was taken in the late 1940s.

Ray L. Trautman was Chief of Army Library Service during World War Two. He earned the Legion of Merit award for his service which included helping to design a lightweight paperback that United States service members carried with them even in combat.…

Boy and girl scouts around Ray L. Trautman as he reads the oath. Mr. Trautman is the third from the right.
The photograph was taken October 3, 1954.