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  • Historic Groundbreaking Takes Place in Modesto

    on May 5, 2021

    April 1970: Earth Day is celebrated for the first time, Apollo 13 tells Houston, “We’ve had a problem” but returns safely to Earth, “Midnight Cowboy” wins the…


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  • Library materials, finding tools change in last 50 years

    on March 15, 2021

    Here, some old photos remind us that, in the 1970s, many of the materials available to library customers, and the tools used to find them, were different…


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  • A look back at Modesto Library history

    on March 8, 2021

    Libraries could be found in Modesto as early as 1884 with a series of free reading rooms. In 1905 the Rodgers Free Reading Room merged with a…


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  • Calling all memories

    on March 8, 2021

    Congratulations to the Modesto Library, or actually the building at 15th and I Streets. Fifty years ago, the building was dedicated and opened to the public on Nov….


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