A man surveys the newspapers available for reading at an open-air public library in Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles. The Pershing Square outdoor library was opened in December of 1936, and was staffed by W.P.A. workers. Visitors to the library could choose to borrow a book by simply leaving their name. The library was quite popular, circulating 24,000 books in its first six months of operation, and spawning other outdoor libraries in Los Angeles.
Montage photograph of Claudine, Claudette, and Angella Mawby, about age 7 or 8, wearing dresses with bows at shoulders, lying on their stomachs in front of lit fireplace, with Christmas tree and stockings
3 boys, identified as Jackie Stone, Raymond Robinson, and possibly Max Tyler, with helmets, brooms, and flag, standing in dusty yard with fence in background