Students are studying at tables in the large Main Reading Room (currently called the Periodical Room) in the library. Two library staff members are working at the desk.
Figurines dressed in historic costumes are displayed on the top of bookshelves in this Veishea book exhibit located in the Library Staff Lounge (currently called the Fireplace Room).
The 1st addition to the library is being constructed with a rotunda entrance on the south side. A large crane is on the right and a mid 1950's Studebaker is parked on the left.
The year 1923 is engraved above the doorway of the east entrance to the library. The tower peaks of Margaret Hall are reflected in the glass window above the entrance.
Men are working on the construction site for the 1st addition in this view from the parking lot filled with late 1950 vehicles. The rotunda entrance is beginning to take shape. A war surplus building, Number ""N"", appears on the far left. It was…
The concrete foundation and two levels of the 1st addition are under construction. Vertical rebars and wooden planks are sticking up from the foundation.
