Photograph of a young girl flipping through a large atlas on a table; one page shows a map of North America. Behind her are shelves with stacks of materials and displayed magazines. Legible magazines titles include Time, U.S. Catholic, and Harper's.

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.

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.

Photograph of two unidentified women speaking inside a library. Next to the women are display shelves, file cabinets, and books on display. The library room includes tables with chairs, card catalogs, and bookshelves.

Photograph of David Earl Holt, director of Austin Public Library from the 1970s through 1991.

Photograph of Pat Kelly holding a corded telephone handset while at a desk in Austin Public Library's office space. Behind him are out-of-focus bookshelves, desks, binders, papers, etc.

Photograph of the rock and wood exterior of the two story Herman Brown Library, situated on a block corner. A display case containing a large bunny image is located on the street corner in front of the library. A two-door car and pick-up truck are parked in front of the library on the right side while three cars are parked along the left side.

Photograph of the rock and wood exterior of the two story Herman Brown Free Library situated on a block corner. The library sign is on the far right rock wall of the building. A display case containing a large bunny image is located on the street corner in front of the library. A blue two-door car and darker pick-up truck are parked in front of the library on the right side.

Photograph of a large gathering of unidentified people sitting or standing in the Herman Brown Free Library waiting for a speaker or presenter to arrive at the podium in front of windows and entry doors. The chairs are facing the podium, spilt into two sections by a display table of papers. Three rows of short bookshelves, two rock faced pillars, and framed artwork are to the left of the room. A case with handle is sitting on top of suspended wood slat panels suspended from the ceiling. The photo is taken from a second story space looking down onto the gathering on the first floor.

Photograph of a main seating area surrounded by bookshelves in the Herman Brown Free Library where people are standing and sitting while they wait for a speaker or presenter. The photo is taken from the second story looking down at the first floor where people are mainly gathered in the lower right corner; one man stands in the seating area and two people are sitting by a globe to the left of the area. A wood slat panel is hanging from the ceiling, and the walls are covered with a rock veneer, and windows offer a view of more rock walls and a car outside the library.

Photograph of the rock and wood exterior of the two story Herman Brown Library situated on a block corner. The library sign is on the far right rock wall of the building. A display case containing a large bunny image is located on the street corner in front of the library. A dark car is parked to the left of the library, and a blue two-door car, darker pick-up truck, a light blue pick-up truck are parked in front of the library on the right side.

Photograph of the Dr. Eugene Clark Library building including the main entrance. The building is red brick with white trim and has a domed second story. The sign on the building reads: Dr. Eugene Clark Library 1899. A historical marker is located next to the main entrance sidewalk. A street light and part of a gold sedan vehicle can be seen in the lower right foreground.

Photograph of a brick building's main entrance door flanked by windows (one includes a drop box slot) and covered by a white awning. Above the awning is a sign reading Marlin Public Library.

Photograph of an unknown library's beige exterior with awning and wall of windows; the library interior rooms are filled with bookshelves, seating areas, a vending machine, and a Christmas tree. The right of the library building has a taller protrusion with a logo, possibly from the previous grocery store occupant. The street in front of the library shows a power line across the photograph, two parked cars and an unidentified man walking past.

Photograph of the East Side Branch Library's exterior showing mostly one side of the two story building, the library sign by the front entrance, an awning over the first floor windows, and a taller extrusion with a logo, possibly from the previous grocery store occupant. Power lines, street lights, and two cars are visible along the street in front of the library. Another white building can be seen across the street with a partially legible sign reading Waco Dye? and Cleaning.

Photograph of an unidentified man speaks at a podium with a large seated group of people on a platform in front of the entrance to the Fayette Public Library. The crowd of listeners is gathered in the foreground and along the covered walkway of the building, and a photographer is crouched by the leftmost pillar. The event may be the library's grand opening.

Photograph of an unidentified man speaks at a podium with a large seated group of people on a platform in front of the entrance to Fayette Public Library. The crowd of listeners is gathered in the foreground and along the covered walkway of the building. The event may be the library's grand opening.

Photograph of a library dual level counter decorated with a glowing Santa Claus face on the front and on top of the counter are a tissue paper honeycomb snowman and Santa Claus, a small white candle with greenery decorations, a sign reading Enjoy Your Library, and some miscellaneous papers and books. One unidentified woman is standing to the right of the counter reading a book. An illustrated mobile is hanging above the counter. Behind the counter is a brick wall with framed hanging art and a doorway to a small back room. Another unidentified woman is in the small back room holding books and touching a tall file cabinet. In the darker areas on either side of the photo are bookshelves and a cut-out of an elf holding a Seasons Greetings sign is by the bookshelves on the left.

Photograph of a library's display of Presidents of the United States along the back wall with decorations including, large posters of Abraham Lincoln and George Washington, a stylized poster with red, white, and blue stripes and white stars, two scroll shaped posters, and ten small signs with silhouettes or images attached, and displayed books on short bookshelves. An unidentified woman is standing near a book cart behind the library counter which is in front of an window-like opening to another area with hanging cabinets and a desk covered with office supplies and a microfiche machine. The foreground shows a card catalog with a yellow flower arrangement on top.

Photograph of a large group of unidentified people, some of which are holding papers, are speaking in small groups while standing or sitting in a library waiting for a speaker or presenter. The back wall is covered with bookshelves, and part of wooden slat panel suspended from the ceiling is visible.

Photograph of three unidentified children next to a counter with a librarian (mostly out of frame) reaching for the two books on the counter next to the recessed card catalog. To the right of the children are a plant, couch, and short bookshelf with books on top while the background shows various forms of book display stands, a board displaying seashells, a table with chairs, a blue bookshelf with an illegible sign, a brown bookshelf with art on the top shelf, and a grey bookshelf with a "Reference" plaque is near the back door. Hanging from the ceiling are two mobiles: alligators or crocodiles and illustrated cars.

Photograph of two unidentified women passing something over a counter while surrounded by a crowd of people in a room with a view through two windows into another room. The counter has an attached pen, papers, and a small standing sign.

Photograph of the brick and stone exterior of the one story Gibbs Memorial Library including the main entrance and mostly visible name sign. The view is from the lawn with a walkway and street lamps leading to the parking lot in front of the library. There are two cars in the parking lot.

Photograph of two unidentified girls and one unidentified boy standing in front of a counter with a sunken card catalog and covered in books. Two unidentified women stand behind the counter working with the children. Behind the desk are bookshelves, three glass enclosed display spaces with wooden ship models, a large yellow sign reading "Explore the Unknown!" and three mobiles (one of toucans, one of cars, and one of alligators / crocodiles) hang from the ceiling.