Three staff members pictured preparing books in technical department work area of Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Hazel Bolton, Eleanor Gilbert, Lilian (Vi) Mahr (Chaffers).
Vi Chaffers, Children's Librarian, admiring some of art work from Arcadia School's annual art exhibit held at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road.
Vi Chaffers, on left, Children's Librarian at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. She is looking at large cartoon-part of art show in Art & Lecture Room. Talking with her about piece is Gilbert Castruita, Library Custodian.
View looking west across First Avenue to Arcadia Public Library, located on southwest corner of First Avenue and Wheeler. Building was completed in 1930.
Group seated at Christmas breakfast at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Linda Buxton, Leroy Holt (custodian), Marilyn Moore, Irene Kieft, Frank Gustafson (gardener), Joy Brisco, Alfreda Bolduan (hidden), Hazel Bolton, Grace Clark, Helen Lawrence, Judith B. Moore, Vi Chaffers, Grace Rahm, Marjorie Phelps, Alice Cheney, Eleanor Gilbert, Virginia Bailey, Dorothy Breyer.
Group photo in front of main entrance to Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Left to right: Virginia May, Greta Gunderson, Nancy Hitchcock, Virginia Doty, Grace Clark, Hazel Bolton, Helen Lawrence, Antoinette Morley, Amy Schmocker, Alfreda Bolduan, Judith B. Moore, Virginia Pontius, Marjorie Phelps, Helen Cavanaugh, Leroy Holt, Joy Brisco, Irene Kieft, Vi Chaffers, Homer Fletcher (City Librarian).
Arcadia Lumber Company, founded in 1936, has grown to become the largest business of its kind in the San Gabriel Valley. The company's history is reviewed.
View of adult reading room at Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Photo shows 2 men seated, one girl standing in stacks and one mother and child in stacks.
View across Children's Wing, Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Shows one person at desk, seated, and another standing looking at book. There is shelving along outside walls of room.
View looking northwest across lawn to front of Arcadia Public Library, 25 N. First Avenue. Spanish style building was completed in 1930 and used until new library was built at 20 W. Duarte Road in 1961.