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The library was originally housed in an unused room on the 3rd floor of the Browning School, built in 1904 on the site of the David Westervelt house, until it found it's own home in 1912. This photo shows the rear of the Browning School where the…

This image shows the steel beam construction or the Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery, 2000-2001. This section of the library was built behind an area known as the lounge. The lounge had two sets of arched windows which became the entrance into the Art…

Copy of official by-laws of the Free Public Library Association of Tenafly written and accepted in 1911.

Copy of Certificate of Incorporation for the Free Public Library Association of Tenafly. Handwritten on the back of the document: "Recorded in Hackensack, Nov. 1911", "Recorded in Trenton, Dec 7, 1911"

Appeared in the March 14, 1963 edition of the Press Journal and is an account of the differences of opinion between Library Board President Edward S. Travers and the Mayor and Council regarding the scheduling of events in the McCandless Room…

Article appeared in the 3/29/61 edition of the Bergen Evening Record

Interior of the Washington Street Library building which shows books on top of shelves because there isn't enough space on the shelves. Probably used as part of the public campaign to support a new, larger library building.

Letter written by the Free Public Library Association of Tenafly to encourage Tenafly residents to vote for public funding of the library in Tenafly.

Invitation to the Dedication Ceremonies at the Tenafly Municipal Center and Public Library, 1963

An unobstructed view of downtown Tenafly, NJ from the lounge area of the library. The arched windows that look out into town no longer remain but are the location of the entrance to the Edna Kawulitzki Art Gallery which was built in 2000-2001