Movie screening at the Woodridge Branch Library. Children sit in rows of chairs watching a projected film. A sign on the wall in the background reads, 'The Harold J. Clay Room'.
Exterior of Tenley-Friendship Branch of the DC Public Library. View of the front of the building and the entrance. A flagpole flying the American flag is visible in the left middle ground., Date on the photograph indicates the opening year of the library and not necessarily the year that the photo was taken
Bag from the DC Public Library. The front of the bag features a graphic of a figure reading a book and the text, 'Books Open Minds, D.C. Public Library.' The side of the bag features a list of all of the branches, community libraries, and kiosks then open.
Four catalogers work at desks in the cataloguer's room of the Central Library. Bookshelves and book carts sit near the desks., The back of the photograph credits Martin Baltrotsky, Commercial Photographer of College Park, Maryland; Date inferred from other Baltrotsky images
Children in the non-fiction section at Benning Branch Library. Children sit at tables reading and browse the shelves around the room. A globe sits atop a table.
Opening of Langston Branch Library. Those pictured are from left to right are Langston Terrace Manager William Anderson, First Assistant Superintendent of DC Public Schools Dr. Garnet C. Wilkinson, Librarian Althea V. Howard, Library Trustee Albert W. Atwood, and Librarian Clara W. Herbert. Albert Atwood hands Althea Howard a ceremonial key., see also dcpl_archives_0125.
From left to right, District of Columbia Commissioner Guy Mason, Library Trustee Mrs. Eugene Meyer, and Assistant Director of the Office of Defense Health and Welfare Services Charles P. Taft at the opening of DC Public Library's War Reading Room in the Central Library. The reading room was established during World War II as a central location for war-related literature to educate the public on the ongoing war and its context., Photograph appeared in the Washington Evening Star May 6, 1942; DC Public Library is a rights granter for use of Washington Evening Star photographs
Children reading fill rows of tables in the Children's Room of the Central Library. Two adults are visible at a reference desk at the far side of the room. Light filters into the room from high arched windows., The back of the photograph credits Martin Baltrotsky, Commercial Photographer of College Park, Maryland; Date inferred from other Baltrotsky images
Children and teenagers gather around the circulation desk at Woodridge Branch of the DC Public Library. Three library staff are visible, working behind the desk.
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.
Woman addresses hearing-impaired children in the Children's Division at Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library. Three children in the foreground wear hearing aids. Items on a desk in the foreground include a miniature flagpole with a 13-star American flag, a lantern, a miniature cannon, and log.
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 Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library along G Street NW. Pedestrians walk in front of the library. A flagpole flies the American flag in front of the library.
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
