A group of children in the reading room of the Lowell House branch library, opened in 1907. Handwritten on reverse: "New Haven Public Library Lowell House Branch 1926 Fannie Sansone, librarian."
Several people reading at tables in a library reading room. The Dixwell Branch moved to this location at 555 Dixwell from 213 Division Street in the early 1920's, and operated there until 1968.
A large wooden counter with an opening for library transactions. The New Haven Free Public Library occupied the Third Congregational Church building from 1891 to 1911.