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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view from the corner of Park and State Streets on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Science Hall is on the left on the other side of Ba... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | The anteroom outside of Reuben G. Thwaites' Wisconsin Historical Society office. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Aerial view over University Avenue of University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Chadbourne Hall, built 1958-1959, is in the lower foreground, the Wisconsin H... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A librarian checks out a book to a young girl, while other children sit at tables reading in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seat... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A woman and man sit at a round table in a public library reading. An office cubicle and magazine rack are visible in the background. When it opened in 1938... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Three boys in a public library looking for books in the main stacks. A table and magazine rack are in the foreground. When it opened in 1938, the Library h... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A group of children, boys and girls, reading at tables in a sunny reading room in the public library. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Appleton Free Public Library. There are reading tables, a librarian's desk, and bookshelves. Large light fixtures are hanging from the... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There is large librarian's desk, with a bust of Abraham Lincoln to the right. Behind the desk are two colum... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. Among the room are reading tables, bentwood chairs, light fixtures hanging from the tall ceiling, and two c... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There are several display cases filled with taxidermy, including a pelican, and coral. There is a deer head... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "IV Waterbirds, Ducks, Gulls, Pelican." A second note reads: "C... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Fort Atkinson Public Library. The library was funded by H.E. Southwell with $10,000. War posters are prominently displayed and include... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of stone facade of the Green Bay Public Library. The entrance has a wide stairway leading up to the front door, which is framed by ionic colu... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. Notes on photograph read: "Interior, Public Library, Green Bay Wis. - No. 45" and "Copr. 1910, H.E. Bethe." ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. The library was built in 1903 at a cost of $12,000 by H.A. Foeller, Architects. Notes on photograph... |
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