Men and women sit and read at tables in the Reading and Reference Room of the Central Library of the DC Public Library. Hats are visible on some of the tables. Two panels are open at the top of the room's large arched windows, Washington Post photograph.
A line of people, mostly children, wait to get into a DC Public Library bookmobile. A large puddle is next to the line. The side of a drugstore is visible across from the bookmobile and apartments can be seen on the hill behind the vehicle.
Children and teenagers sit, reading at tables, in the young adult and children's sections of the Woodridge Branch of the DC Public Library. Three adults stand in the background talking with the children.
View of the Woodridge Branch of the DC Public Library from the west showing the east side of the building and the library's northern entrance. The U.S. flag flies above the library., Date on the photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not necessarily the year that the photo was taken
The busy circulation desk in the Central Library of the DC Public Library. Library staff stand behind the desk, ready to serve patrons., The back of the photograph credits Leet Bros. of Washington, D.C.
Opening of Langston Branch Library. Those pictured are from left to right are Langston Terrace Manager William Anderson, Dr. Garnet C. Wilkinson, First Assistant Superintendent of DC Public Schools, Library Trustee Albert W. Atwood, Executive Officer of the National Capital Housing Authority John Ihlder, Librarian Althea V. Howard, an unidentified clergyman, Librarian Clara W. Herbert, and another unidentified man. Ihlder hands a ceremonial key to Howard., identification of individuals is based on the caption for dcpl_archives_0124 and pages 'Making Modern Homes: A History of Langston Terrace Dwellings, a New Deal Housing Program in Washington' By Kelly Anne Quinn. The man on the left may be Ernest F. Harper, President of Kingman Park Civic Association. The clergyman is likely Reverend Leon S. Wormley of Zion Baptist Church or Reverend James O. West of Calvary Episcopal Church, both of whom were in attendance.
View of the exterior of the Cleveland Park Branch Library. Automobiles are parked next to the building on Newark Street NW., Date on photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not the year that the photo was taken
View of the Children's Room of the DC Public Library Central Library. Children read and browse the shelves surrounding the room. A librarian is visible in the background right, sitting at the reference desk. A skylight is visible at the top of the image.
Exterior view of the Langston Branch Library, located in the bottom of a Langston Terrace apartment building at 701 24th Street NE. The library's sign is visible to the right of the entrance over a window. The front of an automobile is just visible in the bottom right corner., Date on photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not necessarily the year that the photo was taken
Men sit on benches and the curb in Mount Vernon Square park outside of the Central Library of the DC Public Library, visible through a large tree. A woman walks on a sidewalk towards the library.
Long line of people, mostly children, wait to get into the DC Public Library bookmobile, parked on Douglas Street at Kenilworth Avenue NE on a winter day.
Exterior of the Southeast Branch of the DC Public Library under construction. The library yard is turned dirt, the steps appear unfinished, and the name of the library has not yet been added to its facade. A sign on the top of the steps reads, 'Keep Off.
View of the front of the Elizabeth V. Brown School building, the first home of the Chevy Chase Library. Two of the building's doors and several windows are open. Automobiles are parked in a parking lot in the right foreground.
Facade and entrance of the Central Library of the DC Public Library. From left to right, the facade bears the words, 'this building a gift of Andrew Carnegie,' 'Washington Public Library,' 'dedicated to the diffusion of knowledge,' and below, 'science, poetry, history.' Two children walk up the steps to the entrance, which is covered by an awning. Men sit on benches on either side of the steps.
Three chairs surround a desk in the Librarian's Office in the Central Library of the DC Public Library. The office features two telephones, electric light, a filing cabinet, flowers, many books, and a stamp carousel.
Children in the reading room at Fort Davis Branch Library, later known as Francis A. Gregory Library. Tables are set up in the middle of the room, surrounded by shelving. A girl stands reading in the right middle ground., In 1986, the Fort Davis Regional Library was renamed at the request of its staff and the community to honor Francis Anderson Gregory, who served for 12 years as president of the Public Library's Board of Trustees, and was the board's first black president. Gregory lived in the Fort Davis neighborhood for more than 30 years, before his death in 1977.
