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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 group of children in the reading room of the Dixwell Branch Library at 555 Dixwell Avenue.

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.

The library desk in the Third Congregational Church building.

Several men reading newspapers at lecterns, on a balcony.

An ornate brick and stone fireplace. A wooden card catalog is on the left.

The desk at the New Haven Free Public Library's first location on Chapel Street. The library operated here from 1887 to 1890.

Wooden tables with several books scattered on them, in the New Haven Free Public Library's second location in Third Congregational Church.

An interior photo of the New Haven Free Public Library in the Third Congregational Church. Books are piled in the foreground.