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| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Cluttered work space of the librarian responsible for the Historical Society's newspaper collection during the period when the Society occupied rooms in th... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Pile of original first floor light fixtures photographed during the remodeling of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building during the summer. |
| 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: | 02 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Electrician feeding cable into the electrical box on the north second floor hallway of th Wisconsin Historical Society. Changes in the library delivery are... |
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| Description: | A worker on scaffolding installs ceiling tiles and new lights, concealing the plaster coffers in the library lobby of the Wisconsin Historical Society. |
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| Description: | A cartoon depicting an African American family hovering beneath a Ku Klux Klansman (KKK) and a white supremacist in the Reconstruction South. There is a sk... |
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| Description: | Portrait of Leslie H. Fishel, Jr. He was Director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from 1959 until 1969. |
| Date: | 1963 |
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| Description: | A candid portrait of Paul Vanderbilt in the field with his large format camera set up. He is standing next to a State Historical Society of Wisconsin vehic... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from stairway of the ornate Otis elevator in the Wisconsin Historical Society building. This elevator was installed as original equipment in ... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | A view of the ornate Otis elevator originally installed in the Historical Society building in 1900. This picture, taken on the second floor during remodeli... |
| Date: | 03 25 1959 |
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| Description: | Doris Platt at the WHA-TV station displaying artifacts during the broadcast of Scandinavian Backbone, part of her series of 1959 television shows. E... |
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| Description: | Doris Platt (standing) and three other people, possibly discussing the script of a program on WHA-TV. Artifacts line shelves behind the people in a country... |
| Date: | 06 06 1953 |
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| Description: | Carl Sandburg posing with two of the guides at Wade house during his visit to the restored stagecoach inn for its dedication as a historic site. Speaking a... |
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| Description: | Paul Vanderbilt works at a table in the Iconography Section at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Stacks of photographs and boxes cover the table, along wit... |
| Date: | 05 25 1955 |
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| Description: | Keith Hinsman, Tyke Hooke, and John Jacques discuss an Inuit pipe for TV Museum. A WHA-TV camera filming the discussion is in the foreground, and an... |
| Date: | 11 28 1947 |
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| Description: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director, Cliff Lord, sitting at his desk and smoking a pipe. |
| Date: | 08 1951 |
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| Description: | Robert Hall, curator of anthropological materials, standing in the anthropology room of the Wisconsin Historical Museum. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Shirley Jeffrey standing and watching an automatic projector which accompanied an exhibit. The projector was adapted by Harry Lichter of the museum staff. ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of the front of the Wisconsin Historical Society. A man is walking down the sidewalk on the left. Vines cover the stone balustrade. A tree is in the f... |
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