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Four books, 300 dollars and a dream : an illustrated history of the first 150 years of the Mechanics' Institute of San Francisco : how a pioneer reading room for the education of craftsmen became a major library, research facility and social center in the heart of a busy city / Richard Reinhardt.
LIBRA - Athenaeum of Philadelphia Circulating Z733.M43 R45 2005
Available from offsite location
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Reinhardt, Richard.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Mechanics' Institute (San Francisco, Calif.).
- Subscription libraries--California--San Francisco.
- Subscription libraries.
- Libraries--California--San Francisco--History.
- Libraries.
- History.
- California--San Francisco.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 123 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Other Title:
- Four books, three hundred dollars and a dream
- Place of Publication:
- San Francisco : Mechanics' Institute, 2005.
- Notes:
- Includes index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Gift of the Mechanics' Institute.
- Athenaeum copy: Includes information about the Mechanics' Institute Chess Club.
- ISBN:
- 0977643506
- OCLC:
- 68933876
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