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The Grand Repository New York Public Library Postcard Baltimore_Football Each plate burns at theThe Grand Repository New York Public Library Postcard renders the Beaux Arts colossus on Fifth Avenue in the full pomp of its Carrre & Hastings glory Patience and Fortitude couchant at the steps, marble cornices catching the afternoon light, every column a quiet argument that knowledge belongs to the public. About the Source Bella Frye sources NYC artifacts from American photographic archives, postcard collections, and period broadsides the press