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Filter: COLLECTION_NAME of State Historical Society of Wisconsin photographs, 1880-2010
Filter: Year of 1900-1999
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Daniel Webster carriage on display in the Historical Society's museum in the third Wisconsin State Capitol. At that time the Historical Society's quart... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Artifacts from the New Richmond tornado on display in the Historical Society's museum in the Wisconsin State Capitol. The display of such curiosities, now ... |
| 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: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Young man studying at a table in the library stacks of the Wisconsin Historical Society library. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Cyanotype print of ceiling skylights in the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 12 1951 |
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| Description: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director Clifford Lord (left) and McCormick Collection Director Herbert Kellar examining packages of manuscripts. The... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Front entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Awnings are on the windows of the first and second floors. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin from across Library Mall with awnings visible on the first and second floor. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Maynard Brichford, Illinois State Archivist and noted authority on archives and record management issues, photographed earlier in his career in the archive... |
| 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: | 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: | 12 16 1954 |
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| Description: | Construction in the corridor in the second floor administrative wing to create a new reception area in the Wisconsin Historical Society. The photograph sh... |
| 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... |
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