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0001. Jefferson County Library, Fairfield, Iowa

This was the first public library in Fairfield. It was the first Carnegie Library built west of the Mississippi River . It was at the corner of Court and Washington. The newer Fairfield Public Library replaced this building in 1996 and is located at…

002. Early photo of Fairfield Public Library

This is a postcard sent from Kansas in 190?. The postmark did not print completely. It shows the library with dirt streets.

003. Postcard showing the Fairfield, Iowa Public Library in 1912

Postcard of the Fairfield Public Library sent in December, 1912

004. Photo of Fairfield Public Library about 1940

Black and white glossy photo from about 1940.

005. Seven prints of Fairfield Public Library in Fairfield, Iowa after 1966 remodeling

This is a series of 7 contact prints taken after the library had been remodeled sometime after 1966.

006. Closeup front view of the Fairfield Public Library in 1939

Picture of the library as it originally looked. This photo was taken after snow storm in 1939.

007. Fairfield Public Library in 1965

Black and white photo taken in 1965 before the remodeling of the front entrance.

008. Reading area inside the Fairfield, Iowa Public Library

This is a photo taken by a high school boy of the interior of the library in the spring of 1939. The gentleman seated at the table in the middle is Mr. Robert Wilson, a library board member at the time.

009. Patrons inside the Fairfield, Iowa Public Library in 1939

Black and white glossy of the interior of the library taken on May 27,1939 by Fred Dickey who was.
standing up on the balcony looking down into the main reading room.

010. Man reading the newspaper at the Fairfield, Iowa Public Library in 1939

Another black and white photo taken inside the main reading room at the library in 1939.

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