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Designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1911. Located on the corner of Temple and Elm Street.

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.

Typewritten on reverse: "Delivery Room. Public Library. Feb. 13, 1937."

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."

The New Haven Free Public Library at 133 Elm Street, designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1911.

Exterior of the Ives Library building from Elm Street, near the intersection with Temple Street.