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A group of young people are at a table in the Canadian Street branch of the Austin Public Library, November 28, 1969. There is a librarian at a desk beside them.
1969-11-28
Two girls are looking at a book together in the Canadian Street branch of the Austin Public Library. This image was created by Burton Wilson.
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Group portrait of young children are standing in front of a row of bookcases in the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library.
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A young boy is cutting a piece of paper with scissors at the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library, circa 1960s.
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A large group of children are sitting and standing around a table in the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library, 1953. They are gathered for story time. This image was created by Neal Douglass
1953
Exterior view of the Carver Library Branch facade. The brick building has a small lawn in front of it and faces a street with a sidewalk. A path leads from the sidewalk to double doors at the center of the facade. There are a set of doorsteps before this entrance, and a small cloth hangs from the roof above the double doors.
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A group of children are sitting in the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library at story time on February 5, 1960. A very young boy is reading from Jack and Jill and a teacher or librarian holds another book.
1960-02-05
A group of children are sitting in chairs in the Carver Branch Library at story time in 1953. There are three female adults standing behind them.
1953
Exterior view of Carver Library Branch facade. The brick building has a small lawn in front of it and faces a street with a sidewalk. A path leads from the sidewalk to double doors at the center of the facade. There are a set of doorsteps before this entrance, and an awning with a sign above the double doors. The sign reads, "Geo. Washington Carver Branch of the Austin Public Library."
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A large group of elementary age students are seated in the library in chairs for a group shot with three women standing near them, 1953. This image was created by Neal Douglass
1953
A group of Junior High or High School age youth are sitting in the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library together on June 29, 1960. Some adult women standing behind them, including Mrs. Ida Hawkins and Carrie Lou Treat.
1960-06-29
Three young children are participating in an awards ceremony for a drawing contest, December 12, 1961. There are two adult women on either side of the children. LtoR Loula McGill Harris, James Lee Barrow, Audrey Washington, Willie Esther Medlock, and Mrs. Naomi Brown (teacher).
1961-12-12
Three children are standing next to a woman in the library for a drawing contest ceremony, December 12, 1961. L to R: Loula McGill Harris, John Pena, Susan Hernandez, Robert Rios.
1961-12-12
Three children are standing with their teacher and another woman at an award ceremony for a drawing contest, December 12, 1961. L to R: Michael Emery, Debra D. Davis, Kenneth Washington, Mrs. O.H. Kincheon (teacher), and Loula McGill Harris.
1961-12-12
Five students at a desk with two adult women at an award ceremony for a poster contest, December 12, 1961. L to R: Richard Miller, Mrs. H.L. Conner (teacher), Alice F. Simmons, John L. Hargrove, Jr. , Kenneth E. Overton, Norwood Ray Hunter, Loula McGill Harris.
1961-12-12
A young boy, Eugene Anderson, is standing in front of a bookshelf with his teacher, Gloria, Richards, who is holding a paper with a prize ribbon on it and handing that to the boy, April 20, 1966. He has won the 3rd place prize for the Austin Public Library Essay Contest. This image was created by Ronald Vaughn
1966-04-20
A group of children are seated on the floor in the library and there is a screen with a projector so they can view a film, February 17, 1961. There are five adult women as well.
1961-02-17
Group portrait of school children are seated in the library and they are all smiling at the camera, November 14, 1963. There is an adult woman in the back standing behind the group. Bookshelves are on the walls.
1963-11-14
A group of children, some of them Girl Scouts, are seated in the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library.
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Two young girls are checking out books from the librarian at the desk at Carver branch of the Austin Public Library, circa 1951. "Selecting the right book is serious business. These two young ladies receive assistance from the librarian at Carver Branch, 1165 Angelina." This image was created by Burton Wilson
circa 1951
A group of children seated in chairs at the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library, facing forward. A number of the girls are in Girl Scout uniforms.
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A large group of children are seated on the floor of the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library. Some women are around the edge of the room.
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Exterior view of the Carver Library Branch, with close focus on a Texas Historical Commission sign. The sign reads, " In Feb. 1926 the Austin Public Library opened in a room over a downtown store. Within months, the books were moved to this structure, built at Guadalupe and Ninth St., across from Woolridge Park. In 1933, with completion of a permanent library facility, the original building was relocated here to meet the request of the Black community for its own library. The frame structure was brick veneered and named for Black educator George Washington Carver. Directed by Hattie Henson, 1933-43, this was the first branch in the Austin library system. (1977)."
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A man wearing glasses is looking at a book whlie sitting at a table inside the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library, circa 1930s. It is a wide view of the room and there are a couple of children checking out books in the background.
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A large group of children are seated on the floor for story hour at the Carver branch of the Austin Public Library, circa 1960s.
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