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The Ladies Library, established in 1869 was the first library association in Traverse City. This library preceded the City Public Library by over three decades.

The Traverse City Public Library was formally dedicated on March 10th, 1905. Traverse City mayor E.J. Fulghum, Board of Trustees President E.L. Sprague, and Board of Public Works President C.M. Prall all delivered speeches at the event.

Promotional image of the book collection in the Traverse City Public Library's Michigan Room. The Michigan Room was dedicated on April 10, 1962, and acted as the Library's state and local history center. The Library's unique, archival collections…

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.

Library purchases its first computer, a Radio Shack TRS-80. Michael McGuire, library director, is shown playing backgammon on the microcomputer. This was the first computer available for public use in the library. Programs purchased for the computer…

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…