Moving Books from the Carnegie Library

1957 / Main Library

Moving hundreds of boxes of books from the old Carnegie Library building on 10th Street to the new 6th Street building in 1957 was made easier with the help of volunteers from the Lorain Jaycees. Photo taken from the second story of the building, facing 10th Street, looking at the book removal process by which boxes were slid down a ramp to a moving truck below. Men helping are in view.

~ Lorain Public Library System, “Moving Books from the Carnegie Library,” Lorain County Memory, accessed November 6, 2026, https://loraincountymemory.org/items/show/2310.

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Moving Books from the Carnegie Library

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Moving hundreds of boxes of books from the old Carnegie Library building on 10th Street to the new 6th Street building in 1957 was made easier with the help of volunteers from the Lorain Jaycees. Photo taken from the second story of the building, facing 10th Street, looking at the book removal process by which boxes were slid down a ramp to a moving truck below. Men helping are in view.

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Lorain Public Library System

Date

1957

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Lorain Public Library System
Lorain Public Library System

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LPLS.02.0009

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Lorain, Ohio

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