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According to the 1914 annual report: "The Library's share in the Child Welfare Exhibit, held at the Armory the last week in May, consisted of space twelve by thirty feet in which a miniature children's room was installed, with low tables, chairs, pictures, and flowering plants. About 600 books purchased for the Yesler Branch, which opened in September, were shelved in the library enclosure and these were circulated to children holding library cards. At one end of the space were seven screens telling of library activities by means of photographs and posters. Special shelves were reserved for books recommended for a child's own library, a collection of undesirable books for children, and a list of books for mothers concerning care of children. A list of books for a child's own library was distributed and a pamphlet called "Library babies are better babies" was given out. Attendants were always in charge to explain the work of the library to visitors, and the grown people were so interested that at times the children were crowded out." The Armory Building that housed the exhibit stood from 1909 to 1968 in the location now occupied by Victor Steinbrueck Park.</div>
May 1914<div style="display: none;">date QS:P571,+1914-05-00T00:00:00Z/10</div>
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<li>DPLA identifier: <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://dp.la/item/77853bdfe79c8e7a72efb0fe738387d6">77853bdfe79c8e7a72efb0fe738387d6</a></li>
<li>Seattle Public Library identifier: spl_shp_222182_063</li></ul></span>