It was Friday, January 13, 1911, John Carrere bought a new Packard. His partner's wife, Helen Hastings called it the Hoodoo because it was on Friday the 13th that Carrere took delivery.
A couple of days later, on January 15, the New York Public Library's Board decided that the library would be dedicated on May 23, the anniversary of the date the Lenox and Astor Libraries, and the Tilden trust merged to form the New York Public Library.
One hundred years ago, a date had been set!
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