Students are sitting at tables and browsing shelves, while a librarian helps a student in the background. Handwritten on reverse: "Nathan Hale Branch. 1926. Louise Maltby at the desk."
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."
A group of people, mostly children, gathered outside a wood framed building. The Congress Branch moved from 427 Congress Avenue to the Carlisle Street School at 156 Carlisle Street in 1918.