The Library Company of Philadelphia is a non-profit organization located on Locust Street in Center City, Philadelphia. Founded as a library in 1731 by Benjamin Franklin, the Library Company of Philad
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Franklin opening 1st subscription library in Phila., a 1914 illustration depicting Benjamin Franklin's role in founding the Library Company of Philadelphia now housed at the Library of Congress
Library and Surgeon's Hall, Fifth-street, an 1800 engraving of the library by English painter William Birch
The former Ridgway Library at 901 South Broad Street, built between 1873 and 1878, has been occupied by the Philadelphia High School for the Creative and Performing Arts since 1997.
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Philadelphia, colloquially referred to as Philly, is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States. Its population was 1.60 million at
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…Library Company of Philadelphia Location 1314 Locust Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. Established 1731 Collection Size 500,000 books; 70,000 other items Access and use Circulation Non-circulating collection Population…
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