Date: | 1899 |
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Description: | Three stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin (Wisconsin Histori... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | A view of the Library Reading Room in 1955, after the modernization of the 1950s was complete. Most prominent is the division of the room into functional ... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | Cyanotype print of ceiling skylights in the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
Date: | 1896 |
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Description: | Rendering of the library reading room in the State Historical Society, now the Wisconsin Historical Society. This was the final, accepted design by Ferry a... |
Date: | 1900 |
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Description: | View of south stairway and elevator on the first floor of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building. |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Wisconsin Historical Society Library Circulation Desk and staff. |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | A view of the Library Reading Room from the Visitors Gallery in 1948, showing crowded conditions. Cosmetic changes to the appearance of the room included ... |
Date: | 1948 |
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Description: | Temporary storage on the Visitors Gallery in the Wisconsin Historical Society blocks the view of the Library Reading Room. This storage was necessary beca... |
Date: | 05 15 1952 |
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Description: | Close-up of the Library Circulation Desk and librarians Esther DeBoos and Margaret Gleason (right) behind the desk at the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | View of the Historical Society Library Reading Room taken from the Visitors Gallery. Although undated, the photograph was probably taken shortly after the... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | Historical Society Library Reading Room and the Visitors Gallery after their modernization during the mid-1950s. Prominent among the visible changes are a... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | Alternate view of the modernization of the Historical Society Library Reading Room completed in the mid-1950s. Most prominent here is the division of the ... |
Date: | 01 1955 |
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Description: | Construction work on the mezzanine shelving in the old Library Periodical Room. The old shelving was reconfigured, beams installed, and an small office cr... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | Construction work in the Historical Society Library Reading Room in preparation for installing linoleum floor tiles. |
Date: | 1959 |
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Description: | Scaffolding in the Historical Society Library Reading Room used to replace the art glass in the skylights and the original brass ceiling lights. Flouresce... |
Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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Description: | Library staff members at the new consolidated service desk in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. Microfilm cubicles have not yet been installed ... |
Date: | 1954 |
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Description: | Historical Society Library Reading Room during the modernization of the 1950s, with materials and furniture stored at one end of the room. |
Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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Description: | Modernization in the old Periodical Room (#227) including a view of the beams used to strengthen the mezzanine floor for the storage of the McCormick Colle... |
Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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Description: | Scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room constructed for the replacement of the glass skylights and original light fixtures. On... |
Date: | 1955 |
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Description: | Ceiling high scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room, with a man and a woman attempting to study at the tables in the foregrou... |
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