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Image taken from a newspaper clipping out of the 8 December 1964 issue of the Traverse City "Record-Eagle". The Grand Traverse Area Library Federation made it possible for the Traverse City Public Library to fund a bookmobile. The bookmobile was a…

Bernard L. Oppenneer acted as the director of the Traverse City Public Library from 1966 to 1970. He succeeded Therese Flaherty as director.

Robert G. Olney served as the director of the Traverse City Public Library from 1970 to 1979. He succeeded Bernard Oppenneer as director.

The interior of the Traverse Area District Library underwent a significant facelift in 1963; shown here is the remodeled adult reading room.

The Oak Park branch of the Public Library opened in its original location in 1906 and served the east side of Traverse City until 1928. The branch reopened in a new location on Washington street until 1960.

Community growth prompted the building on an addition to the Traverse City Public Library. The addition was projected to cost $156,000, and would be finished by April 1, 1966. Groundbreaking for the addition was in September 1965, and the finished…

Alice Wait was the Traverse City Public Library director from 1905 to 1949.

The Ladies Library, established in 1869, was the first library association in Traverse City. In front of building an historical marker was erected describing the founding of the Library.

An image of the historical marker erected at the site of the Ladies Library of Traverse City, Michigan. The marker chronicles the Library's move from a previous Front Street location to the Cass Street location, and provides a brief history of the…

In this postcard image, the back of the Traverse City Public Library building can be seen from across the Boardman River. Beyond and to the left of the Library is the home of Perry Hannah.