PPLD Digital Collections

Alma Sheff discarding books. 1

Architects' rendition of Penrose Public Library. Printed below "Edwin A. Francis/Carlisle B. Guy / Associate Architects / Colorado Springs, Colorado". 1

Architect’s model of Penrose Public Library from southwest corner of the building. 1

As viewed from the west. Printed on front "378. The Antlers Hotel and Public Library Colorado Springs Colorado". 1

Auditorium in the children's department at Penrose Public Library with flowered curtain hiding stage, display board with cutout figures in front, and wire chairs set out in rows. 1

Basement of Penrose Public Library with desks, shelves holding boxes and lockers at left. Man is on phone in glassed-in room at back. Photo identified on back as "Ken Linton - shipping and receiving area, basement. Maintenance office in rear." 1

Basement of Penrose Public Library with free-standing shelving piled with books and small desk in center with papercutter on it. Photo identified on back. 1

Book-Week Roundup display at Colorado Springs Public Library the Children's Room. Toy horses stand in a small corral with featured books. 1

Bookmobiles parked in the garage area in Penrose Public Library. 1

Cadets in Library. 1

Campus of the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs located at 1420 Austin Bluffs Parkway with Pikes Peak in the background. 1

Car in parking lot of Penrose Public Library with film crew and extras around. Note on back reads "Filming of the movie "The Lawyer." 1

Carnegie Library in Manitou Springs. 1

Cement foundation of Penrose Public Library with construction workers at work. Old Carnegie building is behind, with St. Mary's Church visible in background. 1

Charles L. Tutt Library on the Colorado College campus, Designed by Walter Netsch in 1962 and expanded in the 1980s. This image precedes a major renovation completed in 2017. 1

Child clapping during storytime. 1

Children read in the library of the Salvation Army Center at 908 Yuma St. The community center opened in July of 1970 and offered a wide variety of programming to all residents of the region including basketball, games, crafts, and music education. 1

Children sitting in rapt attention at pre-school story hour in the West End Branch Library. 1

Circulation desk at Penrose Public Library with patrons and staff working. Security guard sits by exit at left. Staircase to children's department is in rear at left. Photo identified on back as "Circulation department. Mr. Garcia--Guard." 1

Color photo of angled view of the front of the Rockrimmon Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District with sign over door. "832" painted on window by entrance. 1

Color photo of front of Holley Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District. Book drop is visible at right. 1

Color photo of front of Palmer Lake Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District with entrance ramp in foreground. Sign reading "Museum" is on building at left. Sign in back reads "Lueretta Va Library & Museum." 1

Color photo of front of Sand Creek Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District with cars parked in front and sign over door. 1

Color photo of front of the Cheyenne Mountain Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District with handicapped parking space in front and sign above awning reading "Cheyenne Mountain Branch Library Pikes Peak Library District." 1

Color photo of side of stucco building identified as the Ute Pass Branch of the Pikes Peak Library District. Sign reading "Ute Pass Branch Library" stands at entrance at right. 1

Colorado Springs Public Library with automobile parked across the street. This was a Carnegie Library built in 1905. 1

Colorado Springs public library, a 1905 Carnegie building. Holly Sugar building rises behind. 1

Concrete workers are involved in the pouring of one of the floors of Penrose Public Library during its construction. Alamo Hotel, Cheyenne Hotel and Exchange National Bank building are seen in the background. 1

Construction of Penrose Public Library. 1

Construction worker inside of Penrose Public Library. 1

Construction workers in action during the building of Penrose Public Library. Holly Sugar Building and Alamo Hotel are seen in the background. 1

Construction workers on the roof of the Penrose Public Library, with the old Carnegie Building of the Colorado Springs Public Library in the background. Pikes Peak is visible behind the buildings. 1

Crane lowers a bucket of concrete during the construction of Penrose Public Library with St. Mary's Cathedral spires on the right. 1

East Library and Information Center sign "Pikes Peak Library District", open hours, and "5550". Library in mid-ground, Pikes Peak in background. 1

Elevated view looking WNW at Penrose Public Library. Also visible is St. Mary's Cathedral. 1

Exterior of west side of East Library and Information Center during construction. Photographer's shadow is visible in foreground. 1

Exterior view of Penrose Public Library. 1

Exterior view of Penrose Public Library. Flag pole and parking meters in front. 1

Fish-eye view of the basement of Penrose Public Library after central sections of shelves collapsed. Several library employees are holding piles of books. Other shelving stands in rear. 1

Formal portrait of an older man. Note on back "Library Board member 1904-." Research indicates that Horace G. Lunt [1847-1923] was a prominent Colorado Springs attorney for nearly 40 years and served as a judge in the district court in the late 1890s. 1

Four people, two men and two women, seated at a table with rows of books shelves to the left. 1

Four women typing cards for the card catalog. Full book carts beside each desk. All surrounded by more full bookcarts. 1

Front entrance of Penrose Library, photo facing northwest. Orpheus Statue can be seen on the left side of the photo. 1

Front entrance to the Colorado Springs Library [1905 Carnegie Library Building] with a 1955 Cadillac Coupe de Ville, 1958 Chevrolet Bel Air and 1951 Ford Custom parked in front on Kiowa Street. 1

Front entrance to the Colorado Springs Library [1905 Carnegie Library Building] with two automobiles parked in front on Kiowa Street. Sign on sidewalk-mounted book drop reads "Auto Page Drive Up Book Return". 1

Front of Penrose Public Library with sign reading "County Courthouse" during filming of the movie "The Lawyer" in summer 1968. 1

Front view of Old Colorado City branch of the Colorado Springs Public Library with book drop in front. "Carnegie Public Library" is above front door. Sign for Fallout Shelter is next to door. 1

Front view of Old Colorado City Branch of Pikes Peak Library District with book drop in front. "Carnegie Public Library" is above front door. 1

Front view of Old Colorado City Branch of the Colorado Springs Public Library with book drop in front. "Carnegie Public Library" is above front door. 1

Head Librarian Margaret Reid looks out between shelves of fiction books. 1

Historical Society of the Pikes Peak Region packed into the semi-circular Jefferson Hayes Davis Auditorium in the Palmer Wing (1905 Carnegie Building) at Penrose Public Library. 1

Interior View of Library 1

Interior of Palmer Wing (old Carnegie building) basement showing Western History Department seating and card file. Photo identified on back as "Dr. Lester Williams, Mrs. W.R. Tiedt (Assist. Librarian), Mrs. Inez Hunt, Mrs. Russell de Fries (Librarian)." 1

Interior of Penrose Public Library showing new microfilm machines. 1

Interior of Penrose Public Library showing people working at card files in front of window. Mrs. Betty Magee is helping patron with card files. Stairway to Children's Department is visible in background. 1

Interior of Tutt Library showing first floor reading area with mezzanine and windowed ceiling above. "Interior - Tutt Library" written on bottom border. 1

Interior of children's room at the Colorado Springs Public Library showing tables and chairs, card files and book stacks behind. Several children are visible at right. 1

Interior of hallway at the East Library Information Center (ELIC) showing skylight and hanging plants. 1

Interior of new Penrose Public Library showing circulation desk and stairs up to Children's Department. 1

Interior of new Penrose Public Library showing stacks and seating. 1

Interior of newly-completed hallway in the Carnegie building after construction of Penrose Public Library, showing new wood paneling and wallpaper. 1

Interior of newly-decorated Jefferson Hayes Davis auditorium in the Carnegie building, showing tiers of seating and curtains covering windows. 1

Interior of semi-circular reading area at the East Library and Information Center of the Pikes Peak Library District. 1

Interior view of the U.S. Air Force Academy Library [north side lower level]. 1

Interior view of the U.S. Air Force Academy Library during construction with the interior framework for spiral staircase and floor joists visible. 1

Librarian reads to children gathered for story time in Penrose Public Library. The Children's Department was housed on the second floor of the library. 1

Librarians assisting patrons with the card catalog, inside Penrose Public Library. 1

Long temporary wooden fence is built along Cascade Avenue to secure construction site of Penrose Public Library. Two Ready Mix Corp. concrete mixers and a crane are in the foreground as preparations are underway to pour the ground-level floor. 1

Looking in from outside of Penrose Library. Looking north. 1

Man looking at a Gateway 2000 computer screen with calculator and cup warmer on his right. 1

Man sits at table with pile of books while woman sits in chair in back reading book. Periodicals are in cabinet at left and books are piled on shelf behind and on small bookshelf on table. Small ladder leans against shelf in back. 1

Orpheus statue and American flag are visible in foreground. 1

Overhead shot of helmeted construction workers positiong a large bucket of concrete for pouring during the construction of Penrose Public Library. 1

Panoramic view from south showing rotunda of Carnegie Library, St. Mary's Church and school and grassy slope on Antlers Park. 1

Patrons using computerized card catalog in East Library and Information Center. 1

Patrons wait at the circulation desk in Penrose Public Library with library staff helping. Photo identified on back as "Circulation desk. Dolores Fortelka, Marge Evans, Michelle Kennedy." 1

Penrose Public Libary located at 20 N. Cascade Avenue. Children surround a computer terminal at the library as one boy sits at the keyboard to access the on-line catalog. 1

Penrose Public Library showing low shelves holding record albums with seating area and tabletop record player in front. Several young men sit by wall behind wearing headphones. 1

People sit at tables in Penrose Public Library with shelves of display and bound periodicals behind. Table in foreground has Readers Guide to Periodical Literature on carrel shelf. 1

Photo identified as "Campus view, 1894. Left to right 1

Printed on front "Carnegie Library. Colorado Springs, Colo." 1

Printed on front "Public Library, Colorado Springs, Colo." Side view of building with Pikes Peak visible in the background. 1

Printed on front "Public Library, Colorado Springs, Colo." A front and side view of building with bicycles in bicycle rack. 1

Printed on front "Science Building, Coburn Library and Perkins Hall, Colorado College, Colorado Springs, Colo." 1

Puppet show, Penrose Public Library. 1

Puppeteers managing marionet strings in Penrose Public Library. 1

Reading Room in Colorado Springs Public Library, now known as the 1905 Carnegie Library. Three card catalogs stand in the center of the room surrounded by shelves of books. 1

Record area at Penrose library with several patrons and a library employee standing at the cases storing the record albums. Two men wearing headphones are seated in chairs nearby listening to albums being played on a turntable mounted on an adjacent table. 1

Ribbon cutting at dedication of Penrose Public Library. 1

Ribbon cutting at dedication of Penrose Public Library. William Thayer Tutt, Russell Tutt (with scissors), and Vice Mayor Hawk. 1

Rows of chairs placed in the room facing a table with three more chairs. A marble fireplace is in front of the room with wooden doors on either side. A glass display case filled with dolls can be seen to the front left of the rooom 1

Seating area in Penrose Public Library 1

Statue in front of Penrose Public Library on Cascade Avenue. 1

Tables and chairs are in foreground, and books on shelves are in the background. Story appeared in the Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph on July 14, 1968, page B1. 1

Taken from north northeast corner of building. 1905 Carnegie building is visible on the right. 1

Taken from northeast corner of building 1

The Easter Bunny greets children at the Colorado Springs Public Library. 1

Three people, identified on back as Ruth Holley, Andrew Marshall and Margaret Reid, stand by desk in front of storefront window at East Library. "Pikes Peak Regional Library East" is printed on door at right. 1

Three teenage girls with books in arms stand beside an open door of a Bookmobile. "Pikes Peak Regional Library District Mobile Service" is painted on the side of the step van. 1

Tiny building on corner with two large windows and sign over door reading "Library." "Yampa" written on bottom of page. 1

Two helmeted construction workers hang ductwork from the unfinished ceiling of Penrose Public Library during construction. 1

Two high school age students access a vocational file at the West Side Library in Old Colorado City. 1

Two women read books in small room lined with bookshelves. Small ladder leans against bookshelf in back. 1

View of 1905 Carnegie library Reading Room lined with bookshelves and open tables. 1

View of Carnegie library in Boulder, Colorado. 1

View of Coburn Library at Colorado College. Several young men sit on steps of porch, while two girls sit on grass in front. 1

View of Colorado College, 1894. Left to right 1

View of Pikes Peak and west side of town past the balcony of the semi-circular reading room at the south side of the Colorado Springs Public Library building. 1

View of children with hands raised, gathered for story time in Penrose Public Library. The Children's Department was housed on the second floor of the library. 1

View of children's area in Penrose Public Library. Neusteters department store is visible through the windows. 1

View of curtained stage with wire chairs set up for the audience in Children's area of Penrose Public Library. 1

View of the book shelves and several patrons in the basement of the Penrose Public Library. 1

View of the exterior of the semi-circular reading room on the south side of the Colorado Springs Public Library. A corner of St. Mary's Church is visible at the left. 1

View of the exterior of the west side of the Colorado Springs Carnegie Public Library with newly planted saplings in the foreground. Sign on building in background reads "El Paso Clothes". 1

View of the receiving area of the Colorado Springs Public Library, showing benches, reference desk and water fountain. Reading room is visible to the rear. 1

View of wall with windows added to stone face of building identified on back as Coburn Library at Colorado College. 1

View of young patrons reading in children's area of Penrose Public Library, upper level. 1

Wide angle view looking west from Union Street of East Library and Information Center. 1

Woman standing at door of bookmobile. "Pikes Peak Regional District Library Mobile Service" and "Bookmobile" printed on vehicle. Photo identified on back as "Alma Sheff at Miami-Rush School." 1

Woman, identified as MaryJoy Macmullen, sits at desk in basement of Penrose Public Library with books lining shelving on wall behind. 1

Woman, identified on back as Mrs. Elizabeth Magee, reading to seated children in front of marble fireplace. Stamp on back reads "Photograph by Sleet Brown for the Free Press Colorado Springs." Title written on back. 1

Work area in the basement of Penrose Library. 1

Worker fills a box on a conveyer belt sending supplies to an upper level during the construction of Penrose Public Library. 1

Worker smooths concrete during construction of the new Penrose Public Library. 1

Workers fill two-wheeled carts from a concrete mixer during construction of the new Penrose Public Library. 1

Workers pour concrete from a two-wheel cart during construction of the new Penrose Public Library. 1

Workers stand on framework for a floor positioning a bucket full of concrete for a pour as it hangs from a crane during the construction of Penrose Public Library. Carnegie Library is mid-ground and Pikes Peak is in background. 1

Workmen on foundation of Penrose Public Library in downtown Colorado Springs. Buildings visible include Cheyenne Hotel, Exchange National Bank and Avis Rent A Car/Gray Line Tours. 1

Workmen stand on the forms for a concrete floor for Penrose Public Library in downtown Colorado Springs. Stores visible include Neusteters, Industrial Bank and Lloyds Furs. 1