For his nineteenth podcast of our city Seattle's history, Omar Willey dives in and traces Seattle Library from its inception to its most recent success led by Deborah Jacobs.

"Seattle had tried to start a library, but attempts were met with general indifference. In 1888, however, the Ladies' Library Association received a land grant for a library site. They raised about half the funds necessary to build, and requested that the city council of Seattle chip in the rest to serve Seattle's exploding population."

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