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Four-year old Kathy Weekley of Brooklyn came to Manhattan to see the traditional Christmas wreath around the neck of Fortitude, the lion on the north side of Fifth Avenue, at the central branch of the Public Library, December 8, 1953. The lion on the south side, who also got a wreath, is called Patience. Mayor LaGuardia named them during the Depression. They wear the wreaths every December.
Photo: Anthony Calvacca for the NY Post via Photo Archives, LLC/Fine Art America
Libraries and Librarians on Film:
NYPL’s “library lions” Patience and Fortitude get some love in Dangerous (1935)!
Always bring a book.
[artist: Mike Twohy]
9 years later and still thinking about this new yorker cover by eric drooker
A postcard featuring Fortitude, the lion on the northern side of Fifth Ave., 1939. The other one is Patience. They were named by Mayor LaGuardia during the Depression.
Photo: NYPL
The lion in winter, 1948.
Photo: Benn Mitchell via Vintage Everyday
Even covered with snow, the library lions, Patience (left) and Fortitude, quietly guard the 42nd St. Library, December 1948.
Photo: National Archives
