Men and women sit and read at tables with reading lamps in the Reading and Reference Room in the Central Library of the DC Public Library. The room is full of high arched windows, some of which are open. Framed artworks decorate the walls. Hats are visible on some of the tables.
A line of children hold piles of books in front of the then-new Chevy Chase Branch Library, helping move library collections from the old location to the new one., See also dcpl_archives_0110
Children wait in line to enter a DC Public Library bookmobile at East Capitol and 53rd streets SE. Houses can be seen behind the line., Exact date from dcpl_archives_0102 which was clearly taken on the same day
View of Benning Branch Library front entrance from Benning Road NE. People enter the building and snow is visible on the ground in front of the library.
Partial exterior of the Woodridge Branch of the DC Public Library showing the southwest windows to the right of the entrance, some landscaping, and the intersection and buildings to the west of the library.
Patrons use the War Reading Room of the Central Library of the DC Public Library. The room is decorated with patriotic symbols including American flag and the text, 'Give it your best!' Bookshelves labels include: backgrounds of war, World War II, and the armed forces and civilian defense. The reading room was established during World War II as a central location for war-related literature to educate patrons on the ongoing war and its context., Photograph was taken a day before the War Reading Room officially opened to the public
View of the entrance and front of the Takoma Park Branch of the DC Public Library. Automobiles are visible on 5th Street NW, to the left of the library building., Date on the photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not the year that the photo was taken. Date note is based on that opening date.
Meeting in the Consultants Office of DC Public Library Central Library between Mrs. P. Sydney Smith and Librarian Helen T. Steinbarger. A calendar on the wall in the background, reads 'District of Columbia., DC Public Library is a rights granter for use of Washington Evening Star photographs
Children reading fill the tables of the Children's Room of the Central Library. The two reading tables are at the center of a room lined with bookshelves., The back of the photograph credits Martin Baltrotsky, Commercial Photographer of College Park, Maryland
Dedication of the Woodridge Branch of the DC Public Library. Commissioner David B. Karrick hands a ceremonial key to Harry Peterson, then Librarian of the DC Public Library, as Albert W. Atwood, President of the Public Library Board of Trustees, looks on., Identification of date and individuals is based on description of the Woodridge Branch dedication from the District of Columbia Public Library website: http://dclibrary.org/node/744
View of the north exterior and entrances of the Georgetown Branch Library from the opposite side of R Street NW. A wrought iron fence runs in front of the library and three automobiles are parked on R Street., Date on photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not necessarily the year that the photo was taken
Two female students browse in the Children's Room of the Central Library. The girl sitting is identified as Dixie Greene of Langley Junior High School. An unidentified girl stands, looking at a bookshelf.
View of the exterior of the Fort Davis Branch Library, later known as the Francis A. Gregory Branch Library. Three automobiles are parked on the street outside of the library. A flagpole in the left middle ground flies the American flag., 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.
Elevated view of a long line of people, mostly children, to get into the DC Public Library bookmobile, parked on Douglas Street at Kenilworth Avenue NE on a winter day. A station wagon parked on the street across from the bookmobile, houses, and apartments can be seen in the background., Exact date is inferred from three other pictures dated February 21, 1962 that appear to show the same line on a wet winter street.
Side view of DC Public Library bookmobile number 1 photographed on a snowy day. The caption describes the bookmobile as having a GMC engine, 1 1/2 ton chassis, cab over engine, van type; 179 inch wheel base, gross weight approximately 16,000 pounds. The caption also states that it has a 2,000 book capacity and began operation May 15, 1950.
A woman at a podium addresses a crowd at Chevy Chase Branch Library. Several individuals sit to the left and right of the woman facing the crowd, including two men in clerical clothing.
Children's room at the Washington Highlands Branch of the DC Public Library, later William O. Lockridge/Bellevue Library. Children and adults sit and stand, looking at books.
DC Public Library Schools Division book delivery truck on arrival at a school. The truck is backed up to a school building. The rear door is open and a man stands next to it with his hand on a lever operating the lift gate. Two automobiles are visible in the background.
View of the front exterior of the Fort Davis Branch Library, later known as the Francis A. Gregory Library., 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; Date on photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not the year that the photo was taken
