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[View from Behind a Library Desk]

Photograph of two unidentified women exchanging books over a library counter. The photograph is taken from the staff side of the counter, and you can see the librarians' desks covered with papers, books, film reel, typewriter, fire extinguisher, and miscellaneous office supplies. The desks are against a half wall creating a counter and a window like opening; both of which are mostly covered in stacks of books. Another unidentified woman and four unidentified children are seen past the counter in front of curtains and bookshelves, and one unidentified child and a window to the outdoors are seen through the window opening.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman and Children Gather Children's Books]

Photograph of an unidentified woman and an unidentified child collecting books, including An Elephant in My Bed by Klein, Suzanne, from the Children's section. Two unidentified children are standing at a table covered with National Geographic magazines in the foreground.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman and Two Children Search Through National Geographic Magazines]

Photograph of two unidentified children standing behind a seated unidentified woman looking through National Geographic magazines in her lap. One of the children is holding a few magazines, and the table in the foreground is covered in National Geographic magazines. Many boxes of materials are stacked behind the children. The wall behind the woman includes a door and an illegible letter titled Library Rules.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Browses Library Shelves]

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing by a bulletin board with papers pinned on it in the midst of short library bookcases. The foreground shows a chair and partial display domed table in front of bookcases labeled Mysteries. Display books and stacks of books cover almost all surfaces in the room, and tall bookshelves line the back walls along with an Exit door.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Browses Shelves in Marlin Public Library]

Photograph of an unidentified woman in a room packed full with bookshelves, card catalog, and counter. The walls are all different materials: damaged white brick, green painted slats, and white painted drywall, and the roof may be wood or tin.
Date: 1977/1981
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Hangs a Come to Chimera Poster]

Photograph of an unidentified woman hanging a poster for the Summer Reading Program named Come to Chimera. Come to Chimera was a Texas Summer Reading Program / The Texas Reading Club (TRC) that was sponsored by the Texas State Library and Archives Commission in 1978.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Hangs Up the Phone]

Photograph of an unidentified woman hanging up a phone on a desk; the desk backs up to a window and is covered with office supplies, a yellow book, a typewriter and microfiche machine. The wall behind her is a bookshelf with labels along the shelves: General Works, Philosophy, Religion, Pure Science, Language, and Technology,
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Looks Through Sunken Card Catalog]

Photograph of an unknown library's interior showing seating areas, displayed books and magazines, a mobile of Toucans, a mobile of alligators or crocodiles, a mobile of illustrated cars, and a model wooden ship with a red cross on white background sails. An unidentified person is bending over to work on a counter in the center of the room. A folding room divider creates the left wall separating this space from more seating areas by the large windows.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Reads to Children for Story Time #1]

Photograph of an unidentified woman reading a children's book to a group of seven children sitting on the floor and one child walks towards a large window. The wall behind the woman is lined with bookshelves.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Reads to Children for Story Time #2]

Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting in a corner reading an open Children's book to a group of unidentified children sitting on the floor. On the floor next to the woman are a small tree and a yellow Story Time paper; the walls behind her are a large window and bookshelves.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Reads to Children for Story Time #3]

Photograph of an unidentified woman sitting in a corner reading an open Children's book to a group of five unidentified children sitting on carpet squares on the floor and two unidentified children are walking around. The walls behind her are a large window and bookshelves; the foreground show a broad leaf plant.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Reads to Children for Story Time #4 - Distance Photo]

Photograph of an unidentified woman reading an open Children's book to an unidentified group of children with an adult sitting on the floor of the library. The group is sitting in front of a wall of bookshelves as seen down a walkway between four rows of bookshelves and an open Dictionary display stand in the foreground.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Reads to Children for Story Time #5 - Distance Photo]

Photograph of an unidentified woman reading an open Children's book to an unidentified group of children with an adult sitting on the floor of the library. The group is sitting in front of a wall of bookshelves as seen down a walkway between four rows of bookshelves and an open Dictionary display stand in the foreground. The corner of a table is seen peaking out behind the left column of bookshelves.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Researches in the Madison County Library]

Photograph of an unidentified woman reading material with two stacks of paper and a purse on the table. Behind her are various bookshelves; the short bookshelves in front of the windows are topped with displayed books and three framed art pieces: a flower bud, bluebonnet landscape, and a beige landscape. The building's wood beamed awing and another unidentifiable building are visible through the windows.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Stands by the Leon County Library Sign]

Photograph of an unidentified woman standing under a sign for the Leon County Library on a brick exterior wall. Next to her is a door to the library with painted hours of business.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Works at a Counter]

Photograph of an unidentified woman working at an L-shaped counter covered with media containers, papers, and a sign that is partially legible to read Available for Loan -? Films - Film? - Projection Equipment - ? Players. The counter is separated from the rest of the library interior by glass walls. Bookshelves, hanging artwork, couches, tables with chairs, a card catalog, kites hanging from the ceiling, and a seated group of unidentified individuals are seen through the glass walls.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Woman Works in Library Office Space]

Photograph of an unidentified woman holding her hand up while working at a clear acrylic/glass desk a library office space. Behind her are a table with stools, microfiche readers, and stacks of books. Miscellaneous office paraphernalia are behind the desk: file cabinets, metal shelves covered with boxes of papers, binders, etc.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Browse Children's Section #1]

Photograph of two women crouching and browsing a short bookcase in the Children's section of the library. The woman in the tan suit is Doris Clark, the Overdues Supervisor at Austin Public Library. An alabaster bust of a young girl, a manual pencil sharpener, a sign reading Help Yourself, and piles of papers, magazines, and a newspaper sit on top of the bookcase. Behind the women is another short bookcase topped with piles of puzzles and games and a short circular table with red chairs and topped with a few materials for children. The entrance to the library can be seen in the back corner: window, glass door, open/closed sign.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Browse Children's Section #2]

Photograph of Doris Clark, APL Overdues Supervisor, standing behind another unidentified woman holding an open book and pulling another book off the shelf with games and materials piled on top under two architectural paintings. The Children's section includes another long short bookshelf behind the women and red chairs at a short circular table with four books on top and a small desk with one book on top. The back wall shows an interior door and two exterior doors.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women Stand in a Break Room]

Photograph of two unidentified women standing in a room with two doors, cabinetry with a sink, a library cart and a desk and table with folding chairs covered with books, glasses, miscellaneous office supplies. This room is separated by a collapsable room divider from the foreground room. Two rotating towers of book displays flank the opening in the room divider. The tower on the left has a legible sign reading Westerns.
Date: [1977..1988]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Young Girl Walks to Reading Area]

Photograph of a young unidentified girl holding two books is walking into the seating area with a couch, two benched chairs covered with jackets, bags, and periodicals, and a wooden chair by a globe. In front of the girl is a glass display table with a branch of leaves and blue flowers on top of it. The background shows a stand-alone book display with illegible yellow sign (possibly reading Williams ?? Corner), a bookshelf displaying periodical magazines, a bookshelf with a Large Print Books sign, an open book displayed on a table under hanging artwork between two bookshelves, two tables with chairs, and blue bookshelves filling the remainder of the space.
Date: [1977..1981]
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man and Woman Exchange a Book]

Photograph of David Earl Holt, APL Director, standing and exchanging a book with an unidentified woman sitting behind a desk in a hallway. The desk is surrounded by library carts with books, display books, and an artwork depicting a fox. Four unidentified people, display cases, and artwork continue further down the hallway.
Date: 1975~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Man Uses a Microform Machine at Austin Public Library]

Photograph of an unidentified man sitting at a microform or microfiche machine. He is situated next to a staircase up to the next floor. Along the wall are file cabinets and another microform or microfiche reader.
Date: 1975~
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History