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| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length portrait of Edward Alexander, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society from 1941 to 1946. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A view of the exhibit "Arts of the American Indian" at the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Front entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Awnings are on the windows of the first and second floors. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Floor plan for the second floor library and offices of the State Historical Society building designed by architects Ferry & Clas and constructed in 1900. F... |
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| Description: | Clifford L. Lord, director of the State Historical Society (on the right), seated with Governor Walter Goodland and Mrs. Goodland at an event at the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Scaffolding in the Historical Society Library Reading Room used to replace the art glass in the skylights and the original brass ceiling lights. Flouresce... |
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| Description: | The original collection of fifty books that formed the foundation of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library in 1853. The books are displayed on shelves i... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view across Langdon Street of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building under construction in winter with snow on the ground. A group of men... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the "Indian Room" at the Hoard Historical Museum. Display cases and wall arrangements are of arrowheads and other relics. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 10 15 1971 |
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| Description: | Original timber construction marks on the first historic structure to be reconstructed at Old World Wisconsin, a Wisconsin Historical Society site. |
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| Description: | Text on back reads: "Interior of a Wisconsin Indian wigwam about 1600 A.D. Diorama at the Museum, State Historical Society of Wisconsin." |
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| Description: | Interior view of the State Historical Society reading room on the second floor. Long wooden tables are on either side of the room. Caption reads: "Reading ... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Edward Alexander, director of the Wisconsin Historical Society, holding a reel of microfilm, and Benton Wilcox, librarian of the Wisconsin Hist... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Young man studying at a table in the library stacks of the Wisconsin Historical Society library. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Head and shoulders portrait of Herber Kellar (1887-1955), Director of the McCormick Historical Association and curator of the McCormick Collection at the W... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Historical marker on the site of Henry Dodge's homestead. Dodge was the first territorial governor of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the museum. Caption reads: "Door County Historical Museum." Text at bottom right of drawing: "William J. Bernhard, Architect." |
| Date: | 09 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Two men and one woman look at dishes or plates donated to the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Historical Society Library Reading Room during the modernization of the 1950s, with materials and furniture stored at one end of the room. |
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