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| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Tables and bookshelves in the public library reading room. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Bookshelves and desks within the Eau Claire Public Library Reading Room. |
| Date: | 1887 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the First Public Library. It was located over Pondee Grocery Store on College Avenue. |
| Date: | 05 1895 |
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| Description: | Albumen print of spectators standing and seated around the public receiving tomb in Oakridge Cemetery where Abraham Lincoln's body was placed after his fun... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the State Public School grounds, with numerous school buildings. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Corner view from intersection towards the Ingram block, which contained the public library. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Laundry room at the State Public School, with large range equipment featured. |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Dining hall at the State Public School, with numerous tables and place settings. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View across Grand Avenue of the Milwaukee Public Library. To the left, the base of the Midsummer Festival Monument can be seen, and the George Washington m... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Records room at the State Public School. Volumes of "analyzed accounts" are seen in the foreground, and small drawers line the right wall. |
| 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: | 1870 |
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| Description: | View of an unidentified ceremony taking place at the public square on the steps of the original Waupaca County Courthouse. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Teachers and students pose in front of the public school. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Two-story brick building built in 1870 with arched windows, corner brackets, bell tower with elaborate cut work, four chimneys and fence in front. Inscript... |
| Date: | 1852 |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype of Azel Parkhurst Ladd (1811-1854). Ladd was the Wisconsin state superintendent of public instruction in 1852. Oval-framed quarte... |
| Date: | 1865 |
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| Description: | An engraving from a daguerreotype of Ulysses S. Grant. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Samuel S. Fifield, Wisconsin Assembly Sargent-at-Arms. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | Composite photograph of the Wisconsin Assembly Employees-Sergeant's Force. |
| Date: | 03 04 1865 |
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| Description: | Large crowd gathered for Lincoln's second inauguration. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Outdoor class group portrait of the 5th and 6th grades of Muscoda Public School. An "X" marks Emma Schmitt (the future Mrs. Sherwin Gillett). Boys kneel in... |
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