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Seattle Public Library demolition, Seattle, United States, 1957

Seattle Public Library demolition

1957 Seattle, United States

Demolition underway at the Seattle Public Library in 1957. The Carnegie-funded building was torn down to make way for a new central library that opened in 1960.

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