Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh

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Information for Authority record

Name (Latin)
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh
Other forms of name
Pittsburgh (Pa.). Carnegie Library
Pittsburgh. Carnegie Library
Coordinates
-79.9508 -79.9508 40.4427 40.4427 (gooearth )
Type of corporate body
Libraries
MARC
MARC

Other Identifiers

VIAF: 152433537
Wikidata: Q5043945
Library of congress: n 79107976
Sources of Information
  • Its Miscellaneous Pennsylvania manuscripts.
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Wikipedia description:

The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh is the public library system in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Its main branch is located in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, and it has 19 branch locations throughout the city. Like hundreds of other Carnegie libraries, the construction of the main library, which opened in 1895, and several neighborhood branches, was funded by industrialist Andrew Carnegie. The Pittsburgh area houses the first branches in the United States. The Pittsburgh Photographic Library is a photography repository held by the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh of over 50,000 prints and negatives relating to history of Pittsburgh.

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