Photograph
Janesville Public Library
| Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie at $30,000 and Eldred at $10,000. The reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Arbor Day Exhibit, Janesville Public Library, Children's Room, I Perching birds." and "Carnegie Building, 1903, $30,000; J. T. W. Jennings, Madison, Architects." In the foreground is a round reading table with bentwood chairs, and a children's reading table. Bookshelves line the walls, and there is a large display of stuffed birds on top of them. |
| Image ID: | 63983 |
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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: | 5 x 7 inches |
| Part of a series of taxidermy bird photographs from the Janesville Public Library Children's Room. Donor(s), funding amount and year of occupancy from: Hatton, W. H., et al. Tenth Biennial Report of the Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Biennial Period Ending June 30, 1914. Madison, WI: Democrat Printing Company, State Printer, 1914. Available from University of Wisconsin Digital Collections. |
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| Library buildings |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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