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Child at Library

Date: 10 09 1961
Description: A girl enjoys a book at the library.
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Railroad Car Library

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Description: Public Library housed in a stationary railroad car in Adams, WI. The train car was a gift from F. W. Sargent of the North Western Road at the request of Mr...
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Appleton First Public Library

Date: 1887
Description: Interior view of the First Public Library. It was located over Pondee Grocery Store on College Avenue.
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Richland Center Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d...
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Library 4th of July Float

Date: 07 04 1905
Description: Children dressed as literary characters on a 4th of July float. Some children hold banners promoting the library.
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Library Conference

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Description: A conference in the reference library.
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Painters in Library Reading Room

Date: 1923
Description: Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea...
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Children Viewing Stereographs

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Description: Group of children at the Cherry Street branch of the Evansville Public Library using steropticons to view stereograph images. Bookshelves line the back wal...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...

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