Friday, April 24, 2015

Debating Whether East Orange Should Accept a Carnegie Library

From the New York Times January 26, 1900:


But the offer from Andrew Carnegie was accepted and the East Orange Carnegie Library below opened in January 1903.


Re. the Orange/Stickler Library, mentioned in the article, from a history of Essex County: "The laying of the corner stone of the present library [Stickler library] took place at Essex Avenue and Main Street, June 25, 1900."

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