Modern Federal · Libraries

The public library in Valentine, a town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, which denotes approaching holidays (St. Patrick's Day here) with a decorative touch to its sentinel lions outside the front door

Texas · 1850–1939

The public library in Valentine, a town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, which denotes approaching holidays (St. Patrick's Day here) with a decorative touch to its sentinel lions outside the front door, Texas, 1850–1939
The public library in Valentine, a town in Jeff Davis County, Texas, which denotes approaching holidays (St. Patrick's Day here) with a decorative touch to its sentinel lions outside the front door, Texas, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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