Carnegie Public Library, Tavistock
Description
- Media Type
- Image
- Text
- Item Type
- Postcards
- Description
- As early as 1897, people were able to borrow books from the Tavistock library. In 1902 the library had moved to a new building by the post office. In 1903 the library board started looking into the Carnegie Library Fund, which offered libraries to towns in Canada and was controlled by Andrew Carnegie. In 1916 the Tavistock library board was finally granted Carnegie fund and began construction.
- Inscriptions
- Carnegie Public Library, Tavistock, Ontario
- Publisher
- Rumsey & Co.
- Subject(s)
- Personal Name(s)
- Carnegie, Andrew
- Local identifier
- PC 111
- Collection
- Oxford County Archives Postcard Collection
- Language of Item
- English
- Geographic Coverage
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Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.13339 Longitude: -80.83301 -
Ontario, Canada
Latitude: 43.31679 Longitude: -80.83302
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- Copyright Statement
- Copyright status unknown. Responsibility for determining the copyright status and any use rests exclusively with the user.
- Recommended Citation
- Carnegie Public Library, Tavistock, Ontario. Oxford County Archives. [COA PC111]
- Reproduction Notes
- Please contact the Oxford County Archives for a higher resolution copy.
- Contact
- Oxford County ArchivesEmail:archives@oxfordcounty.ca
Agency street/mail address:82 Light St. Bo 1614
Woodstock, ON N4S 6H1
