Modern Federal · Libraries

Three of several sleek glass Vitrolite-tile glass murals from the mid-20th Century that epitomized the ultramodern look, lining the 1940 core building of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library in Toledo, Ohio, which added a modernist wing in 2001

Ohio · 1850–1939

Three of several sleek glass Vitrolite-tile glass murals from the mid-20th Century that epitomized the ultramodern look, lining the 1940 core building of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library in Toledo, Ohio, which added a modernist wing in 2001, Ohio, 1850–1939
Three of several sleek glass Vitrolite-tile glass murals from the mid-20th Century that epitomized the ultramodern look, lining the 1940 core building of the Toledo-Lucas County Public Library in Toledo, Ohio, which added a modernist wing in 2001, Ohio, 1850–1939. Libraries — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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