View of audiovisual area of library at 20 W. Duarte Road. Pictured behind desk is Hazel Bolton. One patron is listening to record on record player. White file cabinets along wall on left side of photo.
View across south reading room toward fiction stacks. The fireplace is on the left side of photo, behind decorative screen. The dividing screen was made of styrofoam balls painted brown to pick up the color of the cork walls used in some areas. These were also used atop the stacks. Mid-century style. Globe lights.
Patrons studying at Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. Two boys and one girl at a table, one additional girl is in the stacks selecting a book.
View across parking lot toward front entrance of Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. Brick section to left of front entrance encloses a patio accessible to patrons.
View from center of circulation area to wall which holds new fiction and new nonfiction books. Door on left leads to Conference Room. One man is seen browsing at shelves.
View of reference desk (originally located in center of area just inside doors of adult reading room). Card catalog at this time ran north and south. Both Reference Desk and catalogs were relocated in 1972. Alfreda Bolduan, head of Reference Department, is standing at desk. Rounded desk, globe lights, telephone, and typewriter visible.
Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Road. View taken from west part of lawn toward main entrance to library. Photo shows lady and small girl, and a man walking out of building. Block walled area is patio area accessible only from inside.
View from parking area off Duarte Road toward entrance of Arcadia Public Library. Two women are approaching the front door. A bicycle is parked to the left.
Damage to the Arcadia Public Library as a result of the Whittier Narrows earthquake. The earthquake measured 5.9 on the richter scale. This photo was taken in the children's nonfiction stacks.
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 toward front entrance of Arcadia Public Library, 20 W. Duarte Rd. There is a temporary sign to the right that reads: Movie Entrance. There are two persons approaching front entrance.
View from circulation desk, Arcadia Public Library 20 W. Duarte Road. Clerk Antoinette Braley in white blouse, is attending desk. Another clerk is in background. Four patrons are near desk. Area is decorated for Christmas. Globe lights and "wagon wheel" fixture.
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.