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Library at 135 (675) Rush Street

Date: 1905
Description: Interior view of library.
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NAACP Brotherhood Week Display at Madison Central Library

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: The Dane County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Brotherhood Week display, including books, recordings and other material...
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United Nations Workshop

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Description: Five women are sitting and one man is standing in the Highlander Library. The UN Charter is displayed behind them.
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Library Display of Best Children's Books

Date: 04 02 1959
Description: An exhibit of 34 children's books at the Madison Public Library. They were chosen as the best books published for children in 1958. Pictured is Faith Hekto...
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Brittingham Redevelopment Plan Model

Date: 11 18 1958
Description: Madison library assistant Mrs. Ronald Labott, 313 S. Marquette Street, examines a model of the Brittingham redevelopment model. The "Triangle" redevelopmen...
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Shirley Schlanger Abrahamson in a Library

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Description: Shirley Abrahamson is standing in a library reaching for a book. A man is sitting in the foreground.
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Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Public Library, Stevens Point, Wis." Exterior of the Carnegie Public Library, built in 1903 after the receipt of a 1902 Carnegie Gran...
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Hillside Home Building

Date: 01 25 1913
Description: The first building built for the Hillside Home School, 4 miles from Spring Green. Exterior view of the Hillside Home Building, a shingle style building, de...
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Ann Mitchell Library

Date: 1922
Description: Text on front reads: "Ann Mitchell Library-Tower Hill, Wis." A one-story, wooden building with a wrap-around veranda and broad front steps surrounded by tr...
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Hawthorne Branch Library Remodeling

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Remodeling is underway for the new Hawthorne Branch Library at 2041 Atwood Avenue. This library location replaced the Williamson Street branch library and ...
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Patrons Browsing in the Bookmobile

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Patrons select materials in the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.
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Dane County Library Service Bookmobile

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: The Dane County Library Service Bookmobile parked at the McFarland Shopping Center.
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Mother and Daughter Select Books

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Diane Wells helps her daughter Stephanie pick out books at the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.
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Dane County Bookmobile Interior

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Cathy Surprise (Chambers) assists a male patron (possibly Rod Clark) in the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.
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Dane County Bookmobile Interior

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Patrons inside the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile. Cathy Bloom (in black sweater) assists a patron at the back desk.
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Dr. Bleyer Residence

Date: 03 31 1932
Description: Library in Dr. Bleyer residence, 423 N. Carroll Street.
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Federation Building Library

Date: 03 25 1948
Description: Three women clerks sitting at desks in the library in the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Building, 448 West Washington Avenue...
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St. Bernard's Church Library

Date: 10 19 1947
Description: Interior of St. Bernard's Catholic Church library, 2460 Atwood Avenue.
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State Historical Society

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: View across lawn towards the the front of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and University of Wisconsin library at 816 State Street. Automobiles ar...

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