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| Date: | 02 14 1945 |
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| Description: | Ruth Marson with the Vinnie Reem sculpture collection in a storeroom at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Public Library, established in 1882, was erected at a cost of $30,000, of which Andrew Carnegie contributed $12,500. The balance was raised by public subsc... |
| Date: | 04 07 1945 |
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| Description: | Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t... |
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| Description: | Public Library housed in a stationary railroad car in Adams, WI. The train car was a gift from F. W. Sargent of the North Western Road at the request of Mr... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Public Library. It was located over Pondee Grocery Store on College Avenue. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d... |
| Date: | 07 04 1905 |
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| Description: | Children dressed as literary characters on a 4th of July float. Some children hold banners promoting the library. |
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| Description: | Woman, probably a librarian, paging through a book from a crate stamped "Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Madison, Wis." Several other books are stacked ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Free Library at Wausaukee located above a restaurant. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Booth at the Wisconsin State Fair promoting the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view library. Caption reads: "Farnsworth Public Library, Oconto, Wis." |
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| Description: | View towards the front of the library. A woman and three girls are standing on front steps. Caption reads: "Farnsworth Public Library, Oconto, Wis." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored postcard showing an exterior view of the Carnegie Library. A small group of children is gathered on the stairs at the front of the building. C... |
| Date: | 08 15 1946 |
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| Description: | W.H. Glover, University of Wisconsin assistant professor in agricultural economics, reading an edition of the "Milwaukee Daily Sentinel" in the Wisconsin S... |
| Date: | 08 15 1946 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert (?) Nelson, librarian, at the Wisconsin State Historical Library, standing before a case containing a rare collection, and looking at a copy of... |
| Date: | 09 28 1946 |
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| Description: | Marius Steffensen, Madison Public Library custodian for 37 years, is shown hanging up his clothes for the last time in the basement of the library, 206 Nor... |
| Date: | 07 08 1901 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of members of the American Library Association, Madison, Wisconsin. East front of Wisconsin State Historical Library Building. Charles A. Cu... |
| Date: | 12 1892 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Frank Allis wearing a suit, seated in library. |
| Date: | 03 04 1947 |
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| Description: | The Red Cross Gray Ladies continue to offer their services at Wisconsin Memorial Hospital for veterans on the grounds of Mendota State Hospital. Two Gray ... |
| Date: | 03 10 1947 |
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| Description: | An empty Demco Company book truck or book cart. |
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