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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View toward the brick and stone facade of a neoclassical-style public library on a corner. |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Public Library, Ripon, Wis." A one-story brick and stone building with a basement level surrounded by sidewalks. A women is walking a... |
| Date: | 02 01 1911 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Waupun Public Library, Waupun, Wis." A woman is posing on the sidewalk in front of the library, which was built in 1904 of cut stone ... |
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| Description: | Interior of White Plains Library, chartered in 1899. A chandelier hangs above the reference desk, and bookshelves surround the area. Caption reads: "Interi... |
| Date: | 05 16 1968 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of family and friends at Wilbur Cohen's swearing-in as Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare. From left to right: Bruce Cohen, Wilbur's... |
| Date: | 03 27 1900 |
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| Description: | Bulletin board at the State Historical Society building. |
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| Description: | View toward the Hall of Civil Rights. A bust is mounted over the doorway. The pediment contains high relief sculptures. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View across intersection toward the library on the left, and houses behind a tree-lined sidewalk on the right. |
| Date: | 06 1880 |
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| Description: | Illustration of the Interstate Exposition Building,the site of the Republican National Convention. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View across street towards a fleet of Internationals delivered in the spring to Post Office Department. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of New York University's library reading room taken from the upper level balcony. Founded in 1831, the university's reading room features lar... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men and children gather around a man giving a Christmas address. Coweta County Courthouse can be seen beyond the crowd, a Neoclassical Revival building des... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Vel Phillips speaking into a microphone at her desk in the Milwaukee Common Council. Other desks and men are behind her. The council room has ornate interi... |
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| Description: | View of Flores Avenue, a commercial section of downtown. The city hall, built in 1884, stands on the left near Laredo National Bank, founded in 1892. On ... |
| Date: | 03 22 1978 |
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| Description: | Jack Doyle standing inside the glass door of Castle and Doyle, Coal, Fuel Oil Building Material, on the 100 block of State Street in the historic firehouse... |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Color postcard showing a two-story brick building with a sign indicating it is a Masonic temple. A streetlight is in front of the building. At the bottom o... |
| Date: | 09 10 1969 |
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| Description: | The Madison Gas and Electric Company building at 100 North Fairchild Street. |
| Date: | 07 11 1917 |
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| Description: | Church buildings in a town along the Trans-Siberian Railway. Original caption reads: "seminary church and buildings at Vyatka." |
| Date: | 11 14 1951 |
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| Description: | Charles Thomas of East High School, and Pat Lawrence of West High School put the finishing touches on decorations for the all-city football team banquet at... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the business district and skyline. The Wrigley Building and clock tower stands in the foreground; it was built in 1920 by William Wrigley ... |
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