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1. Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1943 (3)

Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1943 (3)
Date:
1943-08
Description:
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."

2. Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1943 (2)

Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1943 (2)
Date:
1943-08
Description:
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."

3. Story hour outside, Main Library (2)

Story hour outside, Main Library (2)
Date:
1943-12
Description:
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."

4. Story hour outside, Main Library (7)

Story hour outside, Main Library (7)
Date:
1943-12
Description:
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."

9. Bookmobile stopped in Riverland Terrace, James Island

Bookmobile stopped in Riverland Terrace, James Island
Date:
1967-08
Description:
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."

10. Members of Charleston County Council touring new bookmobile

Members of Charleston County Council touring new bookmobile
Date:
1960-01
Description:
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."

13. Interior view showing both levels from second floor,Main Library

Interior view showing both levels from second floor,Main Library
Date:
1960-1969
Description:
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."

15. WAVE in garden, Main Library

WAVE in garden, Main Library
Date:
1943-09
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption: "WAVE reading in library garden. Sept. 1943."

16. Staff outside Main Library

Staff outside Main Library
Date:
1943-12
Description:
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.

17. WAVE standing outside Main Library

WAVE standing outside Main Library
Date:
1943
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. WAVE in uniform standing outside library. Caption: "Miss Dorothy Dingley."

22. Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1943 (4)

Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1943 (4)
Date:
1943-08
Description:
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."

24. Bookmobile and staff (1)

Bookmobile and staff (1)
Date:
1948-05-14
Description:
Bookmobile, with library staff. Caption on front: "May 14, 1948. Corontzes, Koopman (at wheel), Wallace, Sanders, Rathe, Mills." Caption on back: "Snyder, Wallace."

25. Bookmobile and staff (2)

Bookmobile and staff (2)
Date:
1948-05-14
Description:
Bookmobile, with library staff. Caption on front: "Koopman (at wheel), Wallace, Sanders, Mills, Rathe, Corontzes." Caption on back: "Snyder, Wallace"

26. Emily Sanders and Mary McBee examime bookmobile

Emily Sanders and Mary McBee examime bookmobile
Description:
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]."

30. Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1953 (1)

Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1953 (1)
Date:
1953-08-04
Description:
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, [...]."

31. Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1953 (2)

Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1953 (2)
Date:
1953
Description:
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."

33. Story hour outside, Main Library (5)

Story hour outside, Main Library (5)
Date:
1943-12
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Children's librarian Janie M. Smith seated with children on lawn. Caption: "Story hour. Dec. 1943."

37. Book discussion at Main Library, 1949

Book discussion at Main Library, 1949
Date:
1949-12
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Dec. 1949. Public Books discussion, Main building. Monthly public books discussions of current and controversial books."

40. Card catalog and reading room, Main Library

Card catalog and reading room, Main Library
Date:
1953-01
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Congested area back of charging desks. Charleston Free Library. Jan. 1953. S.C. and Charleston reference collection, microfilm reading machine, registration file, stove, etc."

41. Story hour outside, Main Library (3)

Story hour outside, Main Library (3)
Date:
1943-12
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Children's librarian Janie M. Smith seated with children on lawn. Caption: "Story hour. Library garden. Dec. 1943."

42. Story hour in garden, Main Library

Story hour in garden, Main Library
Date:
1954-05
Description:
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."

43. Staff meeting, Main Library

Staff meeting, Main Library
Date:
1967-08-26
Description:
Main Library, 404 King Street. Staff meeting; head librarian Emily Sanders seated behind desk.

44. Librarians entering Main Library

Librarians entering Main Library
Date:
1950
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Interior view of three librarians entering front door. Caption on back: "Librarians."

45. Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1952 (2)

Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1952 (2)
Date:
1952-08-01
Description:
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."

46. Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1953

Summer reading closing exercises, Main Library, 1953
Date:
1953-08-03
Description:
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."

47. Book discussion at Main Library,1953

Book discussion at Main Library,1953
Date:
1953-11-09
Description:
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."

49. Extension Department, Main Library (1)

Extension Department, Main Library (1)
Date:
1953-06
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "June 1953. Staff of Extension Dept. preparing shipments for bookmobile."

50. Biography room, Main Library

Biography room, Main Library
Date:
1953-01
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Emily Sanders standing between stacks. Caption on back: "Biography room. Jan. 1953. Charleston Free Library."

51. Children's Room, Main Library (2)

Children's Room, Main Library (2)
Date:
1953-06
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Children and staff in children's room. Janie M. Smith seated at table.

54. Invocation, dedication ceremony, Cooper River Memorial Library

Invocation, dedication ceremony, Cooper River Memorial Library
Date:
1949-01-23
Description:
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."

56. Circulation desk, Main Library (2)

Circulation desk, Main Library (2)
Date:
1950-1959
Description:
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."

57. Librarians in garden, Main Library (2)

Librarians in garden, Main Library (2)
Date:
1948-05-15
Description:
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."

58. Book discussion at Main Library, 1950s

Book discussion at Main Library, 1950s
Date:
1950-1959
Description:
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. "

59. Exterior view, John L. Dart Branch Library (2)

Exterior view, John L. Dart Branch Library (2)
Date:
1969-08
Description:
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."

60. Interior view, St Andrews Homes Branch Library

Interior view, St Andrews Homes Branch Library
Date:
1956-04-02
Description:
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."

61. Exterior view, Main Library (4)

Exterior view, Main Library (4)
Date:
1960-1969
Description:
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."

65. Children in garden, Main Library (1)

Children in garden, Main Library (1)
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Group of children sitting and standing around a small pond in the garden of the library. Caption on back: "From Miss Janie Smith. Charleston Free Library. Charleston, South Carolina."

70. Story hour outside, Main Library (6)

Story hour outside, Main Library (6)
Date:
1943-12
Description:
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."

72. Family reading at Main Library

Family reading at Main Library
Date:
1955-12-17
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on front: "Mrs. Nathan Rosen and children."

73. Librarians in garden, Main Library (1)

Librarians in garden, Main Library (1)
Date:
1948-05-15
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Four women standing in garden in front of library. Caption on front: "May 15, '48. Allen, Fogarty, Snyder, Mosimann." Caption on back: "Sluesing, Geraty, Snyder."

76. Work station near card catalog, Main Library

Work station near card catalog, Main Library
Date:
1960-1969
Description:
Main Library, 404 King Street. Caption on back: "Under the supervision of department head Miss Elizabeth Woogart[…] the technical processes department uses time-saving machin[…] and work simplification methods for the processing of book[...] the library system. Technical Processing Dept."

77. Interior view, West Ashley Branch Library

Interior view, West Ashley Branch Library
Date:
1967
Description:
West Ashley Branch Library, 45 Windermere Boulevard. Interior view of staff and patrons using facility. Caption on back: "West Ashley Branch, 1967. Elizabeth H. Allen, Librarian at circulation desk. Used in County's annual report, 1967."

79. Exterior view from garden, Main Library

Exterior view from garden, Main Library
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Exterior view of front of building and portion of garden. Caption on back: "Charleston (S.C.) Free Library. 1934-1960."

80. Exterior view of portico, Main Library

Exterior view of portico, Main Library
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Exterior view of building showing portico. Caption on back: "From Miss Janie Smith. Charleston Free Library. Charleston, South Carolina."

81. Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1952 (1)

Summer reading closing exercises, Dart Hall Branch Library, 1952 (1)
Date:
1952-08-01
Description:
Dart Hall Branch Library, 19 Kracke Street. Caption on back: "The Reverend John T. Enwright awarding diplomas to three children at closing exercises of summer reading program at Dart Hall Library, on Friday morning, August 1, 1952. The boy is from Rosemont, outside the city; one girl is a reader from Dart Hall Library; the other from Shaw Center Library."

82. Bookmobile in front of Main Library (2)

Bookmobile in front of Main Library (2)
Date:
1948-10-23
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Exterior view showing bookmobile and staff. Caption on back: "Margaret Mosimann, Katina Corontzes, Emily Sanders. Oct. 23, 1948. Main Library."

83. Bookmobile in front of Main Library (1)

Bookmobile in front of Main Library (1)
Date:
1948-10-23
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Exterior view showing bookmobile and staff. Caption on back: "Margaret Mosimann, Katina Corontzes, Emily Sanders. Oct. 23, 1948."

84. Bookmobile parked at Main Library

Bookmobile parked at Main Library
Date:
1948-05-17
Description:
Bookmobile. Caption on front: "Old book truck (turned in May 17, 1948)." Caption on back: "Snyder."

86. Garden, Main Library

Garden, Main Library
Date:
1943-09
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption: "Free Library garden. Sept. 1943."

88. Story hour outside, Main Library (9)

Story hour outside, Main Library (9)
Date:
1943-12
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. View of children sitting in the yard with adults. Seated in front of children is Janie M. Smith.

90. Staff work room, Main Library

Staff work room, Main Library
Date:
1950-1959
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Magazines, mimeograph machine, books to be labelled, etc. Charleston Free Library."

91. Stairwell of Main Library

Stairwell of Main Library
Date:
1935-1939
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Interior view showing magazine racks and stairwell. Caption on back: "1930s."

92. Exterior view, Main Library (3)

Exterior view, Main Library (3)
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Exterior view of building showing intersection of Rutledge Avenue and Montagu Street.

93. Mending room, Main Library

Mending room, Main Library
Date:
1953-01
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Caption on back: "Mending room, Charleston Free Library, Jan. 1953."

94. Story hour in Children's Room, Main Library (2)

Story hour in Children's Room, Main Library (2)
Date:
1950-1959
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Children and staff after completion of story time. Children's librarian Janie M. Smith is standing by window. Caption on back: "Charleston Free Library, Children's room just after end of story hour. This is a normal number for the weekly story hour."

97. Story hour in Children's Room, Main Library (1)

Story hour in Children's Room, Main Library (1)
Date:
1950-1959
Description:
Main Library, 94 Rutledge Avenue. Seated at window is children's librarian Janie M. Smith. Caption on back: "Charleston Free Library. Children's room at story hour, normal crowd."

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