monterey county free libraries: celebrating 100 years of service
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Celebrating 100 Years of Service
First County Librarian, Anne Hadden, delivering books by donkey to Los Burros (n.d.)
Anne Hadden writing “Picturesque Points in California,” 1925
Library staff on trail transporting books to coastal branches, April 1922
County Librarian’s car used for traveling and transporting books, 1926
Pebble Beach Bookmobile Stop, 1987
Chular Labor Camp Bookmobile Stop, 1979
North Bookmobile with author Beverly Cleary, Nancy Ausonio, and Dallas Schaeffer, County Librarian (left to right), 1995
South County Bookmobile in front of Gonzales Branch Library during library’s remodeling, 2008
South Bookmobile, 2011
Administrative Offices
Library staff, front row, left to right: Esther Ross and Anne Hadden, back row, left to right: Mrs. Miller, Karen Jensen, and Ellen Frink, 1923
Aromas
Aromas Branch Library, 1915
Big Sur
Captain Baker’s residence housed the Big Sur Branch Library (n.d.)
Big Sur Branch Library (n.d.)
Bradley
Bradley Branch Library (n.d.)
Bradley Branch Library (n.d.)
Buena Vista
Buena Vista Branch Library, opened 1998
Carmel Valley
Mathiot Summer Branch Library, near Carmel Valley, 1930
Carmel Valley Branch Library (n.d.)
Castroville
Castroville Branch Library, 1931
Castroville Branch Library, 2006
Gonzales
Gonzales Branch Library, 1993
Greenfield
The first county library, Greenfield Branch Library, operated out of a private home, 1915
Greenfield Branch Library, early 2000’s
King City
King City Branch located in US Forestry Office, 1930
King City Branch Library, 1998
Marina
Marina Branch Library, 1994
Pajaro
Pajaro Branch Library, 1931
Pajaro Branch Library (n.d.)
Parkfield
Parkfield Branch Library was rumored to formerly have been a chicken coop, 1975
Parkfield Branch Library, 1979
Prunedale
Prunedale Branch Library, 1994
San Ardo
San Ardo Branch Library, 1930
San Ardo Branch Library (n.d.)
San Lucas
San Lucas Branch Library, 1930
San Lucas Branch Library, 1994
Seaside
Emerson Branch Library (n.d.)
Seaside Branch Library, 1994
Soledad
The first reading room (1st building on left) was in Soledad, 1915
Dairy Ranch Library near Soledad with Mr. & Mrs. Pura, 1915
Soledad Branch Library, 1999
Sending materials to remote and homebound patrons since 1984
Adult Literacy
Families for Literacy
Early Literacy
Jayanti Addleman, County Librarian, arrives at MCFL's Centennial Celebration
via burro, 2012
Sources:
Historical photographs: L.S. Slevin collection
Modern photographs: Library staff
Selected photos may be reproduced for a fee.
Call (831) 883-7573 for more information.
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