Snow covers the ground outside the Woodforest Branch Library, 49 years ago today.
1973 was a big snow year for Houston. It snowed three times in five weeks, with the largest amount coming down on Thursday, January 11th.
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Browse through a sample of books that were read by Harris County residents 100 years ago in the new exhibit, Books from HCPL Collections, 1921-1945, available at: https://t.co/zuB6DHxyhx
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In May 1989, the @BaldwinBLib parking lot experienced significant flooding. The branch lost power for three days, but no water entered the building.
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Before 1935, Galena Park was known as Clinton. The Clinton School was an early service point for HCPL, open from 1922 to 1938.
The @GalenaParkLib opened in June 1948. Learn more about the branch at https://t.co/VpEq05QM1A
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The @baldwinblib is named for German immigrant Baldwin Boettcher, who built a sawmill at Cypress Creek in 1907. His heirs donated land for a library, which opened in 1986.
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The current @GalenaParkLib building opened 25 years ago this week. The new 5,800 square foot facility opened on December 11, 1996.
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The @LSCCYFLibrary started the LIFE! (Learning Inspiration Fellowship and Enrichment) program shortly after it opened so the community could explore the offerings of the college for free.
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In 2012, the American Library Association published "Joint Libraries: models that work" by staff from the @LSCCYFLibrary and @TomballLibrary. The book covered some of the unique challenges faced by the public-college library hybrids.
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The most popular books at @SpringBranchLib in March 1965:
The Flight of the Falcon by Daphne Du Maurier
The Man by Irving Wallace
Herzog by Saul Bellow
Legend of the Seventh Virgin by Victoria Holt
Sixpence in Her Shoe by Phyllis McGinley
This Rough Magic by Mary Stewart
The @SpringBranchLib began at the St. Francis Episcopal Church in 1955. In 1959, the library moved to a County-owned house on Corbindale Road.
Learn more about the branch in the new Digital Archive exhibit at https://t.co/YLDLKKsH46
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