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A view of the Ives Library from Elm Street. Streetcar tracks and wires are visible in front.

The exterior of the Fair Haven branch, opened in 1917.

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

A line of children waits outside a storefront, while a police officer stands nearby. A sign reading "Branch Library" is visible in the window. This may be the Congress Branch Library, which opened in 1915 at 427 Congress Avenue.

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

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

The exterior of the Ives building at 133 Elm Street. A police officer is standing under a gas lamp, and a woman is walking east on Elm Street.

The New Haven Free Public Library from Temple Street, showing the stack wing.

A reading room on the second floor of the Ives building, after construction.

The reading room on the eastern side of the Ives Library building, before the books were moved in.