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Harlem Branch, NYPL ยท 9 West 124th Street
Harlem Branch, NYPL
Harlem Branch, NYPL

9 West 124th Street. N.Y. Public Library, branch.

IMAGE DATE1928
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New York Public Library, Harlem Branch. March 20, 1928.

A Carnegie Library designed by the McKim, Mead & White firm, the Harlem Branch opened to the public in January 1909. It replaced an earlier Harlem Branch library which, according to the NYPL, had been in operation as early as 1826.

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