The Chicago Public Library is the municipal public library system of the City of Chicago in Illinois, United States. It consists of 81 locations, including a central library, three regional libraries,
The original library, inside the old water tower on the site that is now the Rookery Building.
This former water tower was the site of the original public library, exterior view
The Blackstone Library built in 1904 is one of the oldest library buildings in the city and the CPL's first branch library
Harold Washington Library Center – in the Loop
Joseph Medill was a Canadian-American newspaper editor, publisher, and Republican Party politician. He was co-owner and managing editor of the Chicago Tribune, and he was Mayor of Chicago from after t
Medill taught at this school in Navarre, Ohio, in the 1840s.
Joseph Medill daguerreotype, circa 1852
Medill's grave at Graceland Cemetery