Two visually handicapped children sitting with books at the Cahuenga Branch Library. The boys were part of a group of 9 children, averaging 4 1/2 to 5 years of age, from the Nursery School for Visually Handicapped Children. Rhyllis Weisjohn, a librarian at the branch helped find books for the children and later read the group a story of "Ask Mr. Bear". The library, located at 4591 Santa Monica Boulevard, was built with a $35,000 grant from Andrew Carnegie. Architect C.H. Russell designed this Italian Renaissance style building, which, at the time it opened in 1916, was intended to serve a community of workers in the then nearby orange and avocado groves and wheat fields. Photo dated: October 22, 1958.
Los Angeles Public Library.--Cahuenga Branch Branch libraries--California--Los Angeles Children--California--Los Angeles Carnegie libraries--California--Los Angeles
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