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| Corsicana
had a literary magazine in the early 1880s and a Carnegie Library
in 1904. The library was originally built at a cost of $25,000, which
put it in the middle range of the 32
Carnegie libraries that were originally built in Texas. |
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The Carnegie Library in Corsicana, razed
in 1967
Postcard courtesy texasoldphotos.com |
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the Carnegie library was razed in 1967, it still lives in the 1998
mural by Brad Smith. This mural is a fine example of a forgotten
building brought back to life in an affordable manner. |
Carnegie Library
Mural painted in 1998 by Brad Smith
On W. Collin St. next to the current library.
" The mural had just been restored at the time of my visit."
- Terry
Jeanson, December 2011 |
Detail of Carnegie
Library mural
Photo courtesy Terry
Jeanson, December 2011 |
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"The
Book Return"
(Mural Detail)
Boy and dog are life-sized.
TE Photo,
6-2000 |
While every town in Texas didn't have a Carnegie library, every town
in Texas has lost beautiful buildings. See Razed
in Texas
More of Brad Smith's murals in nearby Malakoff
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Carnegie
Library
TE postcard |
| For
our curious readers, the entire text follows: "This is one of
the Corsicana scenes I wanted to send you while there, and didn’t
get to. Well, I guess I’m the most unlucky girl that ever was. I went
to the woodpile yesterday afternoon for kindling and stuck a nail
almost to the head in my foot. I didn’t sleep (front of card) scarcely
any last night and can hardly walk this morning. Leonard is going
to take me to school. Will be glad when morning comes. Elizabeth and
I went to Hubbard yesterday. |
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