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| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Young children reading at the library. A librarian works near the circulation desk in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap... |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Interior of Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. The view includes the Reference Room, Information Desk, and Return Window with three libraria... |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Interior of Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. The view shows the Reference Room, Information Desk, one librarian and two patrons. |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Historian Emma Helen Blair, who supervised the Historical Society's maps and manuscripts collection during the 1890s and who aided the editorial projects o... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | An International Auto Wagon with a rear compartment containing shelves of books is parked outside a library. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and a ... |
| Date: | 11 20 1947 |
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| Description: | At the Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll Street, Gerhard K. Gabriel is looking at books with Evelyn Miller, the reference librarian, looking on. |
| Date: | 10 20 1947 |
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| Description: | Helen Jansky, librarian, in charge of circulation, helping Elmer Brussow at the card catalog in the Madison Free Library, 206 North Carroll Street. |
| 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: | 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: | 1970 |
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| Description: | View of Wisconsin Historical Society librarians filing catalog cards. This image is undated, but it was probably taken during the 1970s. |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
| Date: | 07 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Clifford Lee Lord, director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, sitting at his desk. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from stairway of the ornate Otis elevator in the Wisconsin Historical Society building. This elevator was installed as original equipment in ... |
| Date: | 07 1971 |
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| Description: | Bookcase in the second floor hallway outside the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The case contains 50 books that were part of the ori... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Caption reads: "F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin State Archivist, examining papers (posed re-enactment) in preparation of a guide to labor history research materia... |
| Date: | 06 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Three librarians are sitting at desks in one of the workrooms in the new Madison Public Library at 201 West Mifflin Street. The librarians are Ann Davison,... |
| Date: | 06 10 1965 |
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| Description: | The young adult section of the new Madison Public Library at 201 West Mifflin Street. Librarians Virginia Stavn and Marilee Foglesong are working in the ba... |
| Date: | 08 16 1966 |
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| Description: | Dane County Library Service Director, Donald Lamb and Bookmobile Librarian, Barbara Larson standing in front of the Dane County Library Service. The Bookmo... |
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