A photograph of two men, David P. Leach and Henry A. Oxer, assistant librarian and librarian. The men are at desks in the center of the room, one desk has a large cabinet on it and a bust of Abraham Lincoln sits on the top. The room is large, dark and open with very high ceilings and tall bookshelves all around. There are ladders around the bookshelves for accessing books. In the center of the room are a few tables with books and papers and in the background a person sits at a table.