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One of the elliptical staircases in the entry vestibule of the New Haven Free Public Library.

A corner of a meeting room shortly after construction of the Ives Library building.

Mahogany bookshelves line the Art Room on the second floor of the Ives Library building, shortly after construction.

View from the second floor balcony in the entryway of the New Haven Free Public Library.

A plaque in the entryway of the library at 133 Elm Street, commemorating Mary Ellen Ives's gift of $300,000 to New Haven for a new library building.

The rear of the Ives building sometime before an addition was added in 1990.

The doorway to the open shelf room, or circulating collection, in the Ives building. The mural at the top of the photo was painted by Bancel LaFarge and installed in 1935. Handwritten on reverse: "Miss Florence Russell at the desk."

A group of children reading in the former Children's Room of the Ives Library.

The exterior of the Ives library during renovation, from 1988 to 1990.

The reading room on the western side of the Ives building. Handwritten on reverse: "New Haven Public Library Open Shelf room. 1926. Florence Russell at the desk."