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| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room at the Public Library. Bookshelves are along the walls. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Janesville, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Janesville Public Library on South Main Street. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the public library, a red brick building with bay windows flanking the entrance. Caption reads: "Eager Free Public Library, Evansville... |
| 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: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of library. Caption reads: "Eager Free Public Library, Evansville, Wis." |
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| Description: | The exterior of the public school. The building features two entrances and a bell tower. |
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| Description: | A path leads up to large multi-stall outhouse or public bathroom, which stands alone in a grassy field in front of some trees. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. There are reading tables with large lamps, bentwood chairs, and bookshelves throughout the room. |
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| Description: | Interior view, perhaps from the entrance, of the Beloit Public Library. There is a large librarian's desk in the center, with freestanding bookshelves on b... |
| 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 ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the old Beloit Public Library. There is a bicycle lying on the lawn near the front entrance. |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. This image is also available as a cyanotype. The reverse of the cyanotype version has a note: "Patton + Miller,... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Beloit Public Library. The reverse of the image has a note: "1903, Carnegie bldg, cost $25,000 - Patton + Miller, Chicago, Arch." |
| 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 ... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie funded library construction with $25,000. Three women are seated... |
| 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: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard of the high school. A sign on the building reads: "Public School." Caption reads: "High School, Edgerton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Third Wisconsin Civil War veterans' reunion, posed on the lawn in front of the Beloit Public Library. |
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