Third-Grade Students Checking Out Books at School Library in New York, June 1943

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Courtesy of Library of Congress, Bonn, Philip, "Schenectady, New York. Third graders at the Elmer Avenue Elementary School signing out books from the school library," June 1943

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These third-grade students from Elmer Avenue Elementary School in Schenectady, New York, are signing out books from the school library.

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Bonn, Philip, "Schenectady, New York. Third graders at the Elmer Avenue Elementary School signing out books from the school library," June 1943. Courtesy of Library of Congress