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River Center Branch Construction Project: Old Downtown Library Photographs

Updates on the River Center Branch project

Original Downtown Library

Interior of the Original Downtown Library, 1939

The original downtown library was located at 700 Laurel Street in Baton Rouge.

Circulation Desk, 1966

Circulation Desk, 1961

Searching the Card Catalog, 1959

Children's Reading Room, 1964

Patrons Reading, 1958

Reference Room, 1959

Hollis Family, 1963