Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Seated at front amongst the staff and guests are Emily Sanders, Mary V. McBee, John Bennett, and Janie M. Smith. Caption: "Children's exercises, library garden. August 1943."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. At front amongst staff and guests are Janie M. Smith, John Bennett, Mary V. McBee, and Emily Sanders (standing). Caption: "Miss Sanders standing. Summer game 1943."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Children's librarian Janie M. Smith seated with children on lawn. Caption: "A story hour in the garden of the library. Dec. 1943."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Children's librarian Janie M. Smith seated with children on lawn. Caption: "Story hour in the library garden. Dec. 1943."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Seated at front are Janie M. Smith, John Bennett, and Mary V. McBee. Caption: "Mr. Bennett presenting a diploma. Aug. 1943. Main Library."
Village Branch Library, 430 Whilden Street, Mt. Pleasant. Staff presenting child with summer reading certificate. Caption on back: "From left to right: Mrs. Julien T. Melchers, Mrs. Virginia D. Chasteen, Miss Cathy Dodds."
Bookmobile stopped in neighborhood on James Island, serving children and adults. Caption on back: "A crowd soon gathers when the bookmobile stops in Riverland Terrace. Aug. 1967."
Bookmobile. Caption on back: "County Council Members William C. Ehrhardt, vice chairman, Richard E. Seabrook, Jr., and J. Mitchell Graham, chairman, admire the new bookmobile with Miss E. Madeleine Mosimann, head of the county library's Extension Division. January, 1960."
Main Library, 404 King Street. Caption on back: "Looking down from second floor into S. C. Room, and into general reading area showing record-listening tables. Charleston County Library, 404 King St. on Marion Square, Charleston, S.C. New main building opened for service 28 Nov. 1960."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption: "Miss Hargrove, Mr. Walker, and Miss Sanders of the Staff. Dec. 1943." Emily Sanders is in the middle of group.
Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Facing the children are Mary V. McBee, John Bennett, and Susan Dart Butler. Caption: "Colored children at Dart Hall exercises. Ag. 1943. Game of United Nations."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption: "Children and portion of audience at library's exercises for children's game. Aug. 1943." Caption on back: "(over) Mr. and Mrs. Gorda Doud in right background."
Main Library, 404 King Street. Caption on back: "Childrens room stacks (John Bennett Room) (does not show mural, little children's reading tables, or story-hour alcove)."
Bookmobile. Caption on back: "[…] and Miss Emily Sanders, […] Charleston Free Lib[…] (County Council inspected it […] same time.) Miss McBee instrumental […] getting library started […] Pres. of Civic Club at the [illegible]."
Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Stamped on front: "Charleston Negro File." Caption on back: "The Reverend Stephen B. Mackey, rector of Calvary Episcopal Church, awarding reading diplomas to three children at exercises held at Dart Hall Library, 19 Kracke St., on Tuesday morning, Aug. 4, 1953. 80 children from Shaw Center Library, Dart Hall Library, and the book truck were awarded diplomas, each having read and reported on at least 10 books in the six weeks of the summer program. The reading game is an annual affair sponsored by the Charleston Free Library. The Reverend Mackey also made an address. The children pictured are, left to right: Patricia Robinson, daughter of Mrs. Victoria Robinson, [...], Patricia Gordon, daughter of Mrs. Janie Gordon [...], and Bernard Powers, son of Mr. and Mrs. Benjamin Powers, [...]."
Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Children and staff gathered for closing of summer reading games. Standing amongst the staff in the back of the room are Susan Dart Butler, Janie M. Smith, Emily C. Sanders, and Mae Holloway Purcell. Caption on back: "Dart Hall branch reading game "graduation" exercises. Charleston County Library, S.C. 1953."
Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Children and staff gathered for closing of summer reading program. Standing amongst the staff in the back are Emily C. Sanders, Janie M. Smith, Mae Holloway Purcell, and Susan Dart Butler.
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Main building. Aug. 5, 1952. Children's reading program exercises. Charleston County Library, S.C."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Dec. 1949. Public Books discussion, Main building. Monthly public books discussions of current and controversial books."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "May 1954 Post. Story hour. Janie M. Smith, children's librarian. Frances Blakeney, assistant. 94 Rutledge Avenue garden. May, 1954."
Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Standing amongst staff in back is Mae Holloway Purcell. Caption on back: "Picture taken at Dart, Aug. 1, '52. Some of the children who 'graduated' in summer reading game. Dart Hall, Shaw Center, and Colored County."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Children marching downstairs from Childrens room to piazza where summer reading program exercises were held. Aug. 3, 1953, 5 p.m."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Speakers Mrs. John W. Dunn, Capt. Frank M. Durham, Mr. E. Bernard Hester. Main building. Charleston County Free Library (S.C.) Public book discussion. Nov. 9, 1953."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Front room to right looking east. Jan. 1953. Reference and bound magazine shelves. Charleston County Library."
Postcard. Christmas commemorative - illustration of Christmas poem bordered by holly and an open book. Mailed from the Atlanta Railroad Postal Service.
Postcard. Christmas commemorative - illustration of outdoor winter scene with holly in the foreground and a real ribbon decoration. Mailed from Watha, North Carolina.
Postcard. Christmas commemorative - illustration of Christmas greeting with borders of holly and a snowy landscape. Mailed from Charleston, South Carolina.
Postcard. Christmas commemorative - illustration of Christmas greeting and holly with vignette of snowy winter landscape. Mailed from Spartanburg, South Carolina.
Postcard. Washington's birthday commemorative - illustration of young George Washington chopping a cherry tree with inset portrait of Washington as an adult. Mailed from Washington, D. C.
Postcard. Easter commemorative - illustration of a rooster pulling a cart containing a giant Easter egg wrapped with ribbon and flowers (pansies). Mailed from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Cooper River Memorial Library, 3503 Rivers Avenue, dedication ceremony. Caption on back: "Memorial Lib. Rev. A. McKay Brabham, Jr. Pastor of North Chas. Methodist Church. Giving the invocation or opening prayer."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Circulation Desk area. Charleston Free Library. All of following are here: Charging desk - books checked in, checked out, * shelves (fine editions collection), R collection (South Carolina collection), microfilm machine, work table, 2 book trucks for books, stove, registration files, registration desk, files for book cards. Circulation desk. 94 Rutledge Avenue. Rachel M. Raisin checking books out for borrowers."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Seven women standing in garden in front of library. Emily Sanders at far right. Caption on front: "May 15, '48. Sluesing, Raisin, James, Fogarty, Harleston, Wooten, Sanders." Caption on back: "Sluesing, Geraty, Snyder, Wooten."
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Left to right: Miss Clair Goldberg, Miss Nancy McBride, Miss Ruth Williams, Lt. Russell Goodacre, Miss Louise R. Perry, Mr. J. Kinloch Rivers, Mrs. Stephen L. Stulman, Mrs. DuBose Blakeney (in dark dress, making gestures), Mrs. Mary Dipon Long, Mr. William A. Pease, Jr. (in foreground), Mr. Harold Wade (top of head showing). Tuesday night Great Books group. Charleston Free Library. Main building. "
John L. Dart Branch Library, 1067 King Street. Exterior view. Caption on back: "John L. Dart branch, 1067 King St. dedicated Dec. 12, 1968. Replaces Dart Hall library. Aug. 1969. Exterior John Dart Branch."
St. Andrews Homes Branch Library, West Ashley. Caption on back: "Apr. 2 1956. l. to r. Mrs. John Evans Byrd, Mr. Byrd, and Martha Byrd, seated, checks out books for her parents and brother, John Evans Byrd, Jr., at the St. Andrew's Homes branch of the County Library, Charleston, South Carolina. Martha is so interested in books she volunteers her time every Thursday from 3 to 6 o'clock, when the branch library is open, to help Mrs. Pauls (left) of the county library staff, by shelving and checking out books. Byrd family."
Main Library, 404 King Street. Caption on back: "Main library building, the hub of the library system. Taken from King St. side showing King St. and Marion Square sides. 404 King St. on Marion Square. An old photograph."