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Belmont Branch – 1956

Posted on | March 29, 2009 | No Comments

From Flickr comments: The Belmont Branch of the Richmond Pubic Library system was the first branch built after the Main Library. The branch is located at 3100 Ellwood Avenue in the Museum District of Richmond. The branch opened on October 25, 1956. It was expanded ten years later, with the expansion opening in 1966.

Also from Flickr: This photo also belongs to: “Book Sniffers Pool”

Adolph B. Rice Studio. Library of Virginia, Prints and Photographs, 800 E. Broad St., Richmond, VA, 23219, USA, digitool1.lva.lib.va.us:8881/R

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