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SJSU Library History

A brief history of the SJSU Library

Second Normal School

Second San Jose Normal School building,1880s

Second San Jose Normal School building,1880s

students outside the second normal school building

Students outside the second normal school building, 1880s

Postcard image of second normal school building, 1905

Postcard image of second normal school building, 1905

second normal school building

Second San Jose Normal School Building, 1880s

second normal school building, 1881

Second San Jose Normal School building, 1881

second normal school building

Second San Jose Normal School building, 1880s

members of the tennis club in front of the normal school

Members of the tennis club in front of the normal school, 1893

Second normal school library, early 1900s

Second normal school library, ca. 1905

Interior of the library in the second normal school building, 1905

Interior of the library in the second normal school building, 1905