PPLD Digital Collections

Aerial photograph of Downtown Colorado Springs, photo facing northwest. Nevada Avenue travels diagonally up the photo from the bottom left corner. Pikes Peak Avenue travels diagonally up the photo from the bottom right corner. 1

Aerial photograph of Downtown Colorado Springs, photo facing south. Interstate 25 travels up the right side of the photo with the Bijou Street interchange visible in the lower right area of the photo. Acacia Park can be seen at the bottom of the photo. 1

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

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

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

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

Child clapping during storytime. 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

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

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

Exterior view of Penrose Public Library. 1

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

Formal portrait of Margaret (nee Gragg) Reid taken around the time she became the the head librarian of the Pikes Peak Library District. 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 of Penrose Public Library with sign reading "County Courthouse" during filming of the movie "The Lawyer" in summer 1968. 1

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

Identified on back. Alma Sheff, Millicent Abell, Lora Light in conference room. 1

Identified on back. L to R. John Marshall, Maggie O'Rourke, Beverly Partridge Strong, Doo-Young Kang, Molly Walker. 1

Identified on back. L to R 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 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

La Fiesta Bonita dance group, Los Mexicanos Alegres, presented a program at Penrose Library in celebration of Mexican Independence Day. Dancers from left 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

Library employees set up for a party in Penrose Public Library. Identified on back. L to R 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

Marksheffel Garage during its demolition to make way for the Penrose Public Library. 1905 Carnegie Library Building is visible in background with St. Mary's Cathedral on the right. 1

Mrs. Margaret Reid and Mr. Marshall looking over papers. 1

Mrs. Marie Lummis, Head Start teacher, working with Cynthia Thomas, Kenny Martinez, Jon Starry and Mary Richmond. One child holds "The Sesame Street Book of Shapes." Located at the Penrose Public Library. 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

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 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

Puppet show, Penrose Public Library. 1

Puppeteers managing marionet strings in Penrose Public Library. 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

Southwest corner of Cascade Avenue and Kiowa Street, formerly the site of the Marksheffel Garage, now Penrose Public Library. The 1905 Carnegie building is visible at right. Title by photographer. 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 north northeast corner of building. 1905 Carnegie building is visible on the right. Address is 20 North Cascade Avenue. 1

Taken from northeast corner of building 1

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

Two helmeted construction workers hang ductwork from the unfinished ceiling of Penrose Public Library during construction. 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 young patrons reading in children's area of Penrose Public Library, upper level. 1

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