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Baraboo Public Library

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of the Baraboo public library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Baraboo, Wis."
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2nd Ward Public School

Date: 1906
Description: Photographic postcard view of the exterior of the public school, a large brick building with a turret in the corner.
Photograph

Public School

Date: 1922
Description: A view of the public school, a wood building with two front entrances and a belfry. A flagpole, a pile of fuel wood and a seesaw on the left. Surrounded by...
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Shelter House

Date: 
Description: A shelter house at Devil's Lake State Park.
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1918
Description: View from street towards the post office.
Postcard

Business District, Lime Ridge

Date: 1908
Description: View down unpaved road going through a settlement. A meat market with a public telephone is on the left, with a group of people gathered on the sidewalk in...
Historical Essay

The Wisconsin Free Library Commission - Image Gallery Essay

Photographs of Public Libraries in Wisconsin
Learn about how the Wisconsin Free Library Commission helped to establish and improve free public libraries in Wisconsin.
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Post Office

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view across street towards the post office. Caption reads: "Post Office, Baraboo, Wis."
Postcard

City Hall and Prairie du Sac Public Library

Date: 1913
Description: View from street towards the building. Caption reads: "City Hall and Library, Prairie du Sac, Wis."
Photograph

Office and Administration Building

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Description: The office and administration building at Devil's Lake State Park. A car is parked outside of the building along the road.
Photograph

Marshall Memorial

Date: 1929
Description: The Marshall Memorial Hall building, located at 30 Wisconsin Dells Parkway South. The building currently serves as the Village Hall of Lake Delton.
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First Congregational Church in Winter

Date: 1922
Description: Downed wires and broken tree limbs mar the scene in front of the First Congregational Church at 131 6th Avenue.
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Marion Park Club House

Date: 1906
Description: View across yard of house with large group of people gathered on porch posing for photograph.
Photograph

Baraboo Carnegie Free Library

Date: 
Description: Interior view of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library Delivery Room. Text at lower left: "Baraboo Library, Delivery Room, Claude & Starck Archts." There is a ...
Photograph

Log Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the log building which served as the post office in Loreta (formerly known as Loreto) until January 31, 1907. There is a church in the bac...
Photograph

Post Office

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of a post office. Sign near door says: "Post Office. Sandusky." A man stands just outside the door, looking at another man standing inside.
Photograph

Refrigerator Display

Date: 1930
Description: A window display at the Wisconsin Power and Light Company office, 116 Fourth Avenue, features a General Electric refrigerator as "The Gateway to Health" un...
Photograph

Fair Building

Date: 1925
Description: A small, wood frame building with a band of high windows and three short spires stands on the snowy Sauk County Fair Grounds. There is a covered entry porc...
Postcard

Post Office

Date: 1900
Description: Two buildings: a post ofice and a livery stable/feed store. A man is exiting the post office. Sign on livery stable reads: "Livery Feed and Sale Stable." C...
Photograph

New Bath House

Date: 1938
Description: View of the new bath house at Devil's Lake State Park, taken from the pier. Two small boats are pulled up to the shore and two girls are wading in the wate...

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