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Platteville Public Library
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Copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Platteville Public Library. The library was funded with a $12,500 donation from Andrew Carnegie. Bottom right of image reads: "Public Library, Platteville, Wis., Grant C. Miller, Fullenwider & Dowling Arch'ts." Above the main entrance are the words: "Public Library."
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