1945 Portsmouth Community Colored Library Opens-photo

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Title

1945 Portsmouth Community Colored Library Opens-photo

Subject

Historic timeline of Portsmouth Community Colored Library

Description

Text: 1945 The brick building is completed in June. June 30: first librarian, Bertha Winborne Edwards, a recent Hampton Institute graduate is hired. December 20: Portsmouth Community Library opens with 3,000 books, 20 magazines, and three newspapers.

Creator

Don't Duck History

Source

Portsmouth Community Colored Library Museum, Portsmouth VA

Publisher

Don't Duck History

Date

photo taken 08-08-2015

Contributor

Photo credit: Tracy Clark

Rights

Don't Duck History

Format

Digital photo, jpg file

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Original Format

photo of text

Physical Dimensions

30.1 KB original 16 KB compressed

Files

IMG_20150808_155544_801.jpg

Citation

Don't Duck History, “1945 Portsmouth Community Colored Library Opens-photo,” Don't Duck History, accessed May 2, 2024, https://dontduckhistory.omeka.net/items/show/15.