Chicago's Newberry Library, open to the public without charge, is an independent research library dedicated to the advance of knowledge, especially in the humanities.
The Library was founded as a public library by a bequest of Walter Loomis Newberry, a businessman, prominent citizen, founder of the Young Men's Library Association, active book collector, and president of the Chicago Historical Society before his death in 1868. After three temporary locations, in 1893 the Library moved into architect Henry Ives Cobb's Romanesque building at 60 W. Walton Street, across from Washington Square Park.
From the description of Newberry Library postcard collection, 1898-1945, bulk 1898-1915. (Newberry Library). WorldCat record id: 758094632
