That's Mrs. Black on the left. She was one of Perrot's first librarians. She worked here for twenty-eight years! You can read more about her in The Perrot Memorial Library, An Oral History.  The book is an interview with Mrs. Black about the library and how it changed over the years that she worked there (1929-1957).

In her interview, Mrs. Black tells lots of interesting stories about Perrot. When the library was still in the Maher Building on Sound Beach Avenue, she asked one of the "old men" on the library's board if they could get a telephone for the library. He said, "Oh no, I don't think that's a good idea." Mrs. Black asked him why, and he said "You'd be bothered too much by it. It'd take up too much of your time." Isn't that funny? (They did get a telephone, eventually.) The book also contains a detailed timeline of the library's early history,

and more historical pictures.