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The
Main Branch
building
New York Public Library
in 1908, during late stage construction. Upon his death in 1886,
New York governor
Samuel J. Tilden
bequeathed
funds to build a grand library in
New York City
, and that money was used to combine the financially struggling Astor and
Lenox
Libraries. Construction began in 1902 and the library officially opened on
May 23
, 1911.
Photo:
Detroit Publishing Co.
; Restoration:
Lise Broer
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