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| Description: | Exterior view of the Milwaukee Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Milwaukee Public Library and Museum, erected 1898, cost $512,000, F... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee Public Library and Museum, designed by Ferry & Clas, architects. |
| Date: | 1928 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Oconomowoc Public Library, located in both the half-timbered building (formerly the fire house) and the next building, with a museum o... |
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| Description: | Interior view of Public Museum. Focuses on display area in center of room that contains skeletal remains and tortoise shells. |
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| Description: | View of natural history objects at Milwaukee Public Museum, including skeletons, stuffed birds and fish. There are two cuspidors on the floor in front of e... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | The Oshkosh Public Museum. Occupies the former home of Edgar Sawyer, lumberman and businessman. It was built in 1908 and became a museum in 1924. This muse... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View of the Oshkosh Public Museum in the winter months with snow on the ground. Formerly the home of Edgar Sawyer. The home was built in 1908 and became a ... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View of the Oshkosh Public Museum, formerly the Sawer Foundation and the residence of Edgar Sawyer. The home was built in 1908 and became a museum in 1924.... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Front facade of building from across the street behind a median strip, which has a statue surrounded by a small fence. Caption reads: "Public Library & Mus... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of the cottage when it was a library. A sign is partly visible on the building stating: "Kellogg Public Library, Union Park Branch." Used as ... |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of an exhibit at the Milwaukee Public Museum. The exhibit features dinosaur bones and a preserved fish. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vici... |
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| Description: | Stereograph view of stuffed kangaroo, bear, fox, giraffe, llama, and ram behind a glass enclosure at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Text at right: "Milwaukee... |
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| Description: | Colorized view of the library. Steps and columns are at the entrance. Automobiles are parked at the curb. Caption reads: "Kellogg Public Library and Nevill... |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Thure Kumlien at his work table in the Milwaukee Public Museum. Kumlien is surrounded by taxidermied birds and is at work stuffing another. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View across road toward a monument on a median in front of the Milwaukee Public Library and Museum. A portion of the dome can be seen on top of the library... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Front facade of library building from across the street behind a median strip, which has a statue and a sign that reads "Keep Off the Grass". Caption reads... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | There is a dome on top of the building at the entrance. A monument is in a grassy median in the road between the building and the foreground. Caption reads... |
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| Description: | Diorama of Aztec sacrificial rites at the Milwaukee Public Museum. Two men are holding the man to be sacrificed in a splayed position while a third man sta... |
| Date: | 09 15 1955 |
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| Description: | Several bicycles are parked on the sidewalk near the Wisconsin Historical Society Historymobile, parked near the curb. The Historymobile was visiting the N... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Front facade of building from across the street. A portion of the dome can be seen on the roof. There is a median strip with a sculpture of a man on top of... |
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