# @illinois_alumni on Instagram

- **Type:** Image
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/CnPncIVLrXh
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/3111946-illinois-alumni-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2023-01-10T18:03:05.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Illinois Alumni (@Illinois_Alumni) — https://gondola.cc/Illinois_Alumni

## Caption

📍 The Main Library at #ILLINOIS is the forward facing structure that represents the second largest university library collection in the United States. It was purposely built away from the center of campus, a break from traditional campus planning, to allow the building to expand. This proved necessary; the library's holdings grew from 649,924 volumes in 1926 to one million volumes in 1935. The structure was added to the U.S. National Register of Historic Places in 2000.⁣
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#ILLINOISalumni | #ForeverIllini

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