The description on the front of the card:
Carnegie Public Library, Conneaut, Ohio
The Conneaut Library started as the “Peoples Free Library Association,” which was dedicated to the advancement of learning through borrowing free reading materials. After a library tax levy was passed in 1905 and money was raised, the library’s board of trustees purchased land from Mrs. G.H. Sheppard on the corner of Buffalo and State streets for $4,000 (almost $104,000 in 2016). Two years later, steel magnate Andrew Carnegie donated $25,000 (over $648,000 in 2016) for the construction of the library.
The library opened on May 3, 1909, with 12,000 volumes. The public library was moved to a $2.3 million building that opened in May 1998. In 2015, the owner of the original library was fined for fire code violations and the building remains vacant.
Postmark Date: August 30, 1924
Era: White Border Era
Condition: Used
The message on the back of the card:
Dear Friends
Left [?] last Monday in evening and arrived here at 5:30 P.M and will go [?] tomorrow leaving here at 12:40 and [?] train in the evening.
[?] have a any [?] time [?]
Addressed to:
Mrs. Louisa Friend
Burke, New York
Franklin County
R.F.D.
Published by: Whitmore & Pontius, Conneaut, Ohio
Cancel type: Machine cancel
Stamp: Green one-cent
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Rights Info: Public Domain
Sources:
1. Conneaut Public Library
2. Todd, Mark. “Owner of Carnegie Library found guilty of building violation.” Star Beacon. 29 September 2015. Online. Retrieved 6 September 2017. [Link]
