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Medford Public Library
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Interior view of the Medford Public Library. Reverse of photograph reads: "Medford Wis, Feb 1917." On the left a flag, and a pine branch swag, adorn the double-door entrance. In the room are reading tables, bookshelves against the walls, a large potted fern, and another flag on the wall on the right. More pine branches are arrayed on top of the bookshelves just above a row of prints.
February 1917
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Medford Public Library
February 1917
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