Janesville Public Library
Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. There are several display cases filled with taxidermy, including a pelican, and coral. There is a deer head mounted on the wall. Distributed throughout the room are reading tables, and bentwood chairs. Bookshelves are along the walls. There is a small six-drawer card catalog, a librarian's desk, and doorway to another room that contains bookshelves. Additional notes from Wisconsin Free Library Commission. "Some Wisconsin Library Buildings, 1904." Children's room, showing natural history collection given by H. L. Skavlem. For more about Halvor Lars Skavlem (1846-1939), please see the Dictionary of Wisconsin History. |
Image ID: | 63977 |
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Creation Date: | circa 1903 |
Creator Name: | Unknown |
City: | Janesville |
County: | Rock |
State: | Wisconsin |
Collection Name: | Photographs of the exteriors and interiors of public library buildings in Wisconsin, 1890-1948, 1959 |
Genre: | Photograph |
Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
Original Format Number: | PH 1683 |
Original Dimensions: | 6.5 x 4.5 inches |
This image was used in: Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Some Wisconsin Library Buildings. Madison: Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1904. Available from Google Books. |
Birds |
Taxidermy |
Library buildings |
Furniture |
Books |
Libraries |
Indoor photography |
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Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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