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Madison Public Library

Date: 11 15 1945
Description: Interior of Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street, showing Reading Room, magazine display shelves and history book section.
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Library School Students and Staff

Date: 04 16 1945
Description: Group portrait of University of Wisconsin-Madison Library School students and staff taken in front of their classroom building, 811 State Street. The man o...
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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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Legislative Reference Bureau Library

Date: 12 23 1947
Description: Three men seated at tables using the reference materials in the Legislative Reference Bureau library. Seated at the front table left to right: Wesley Hille...
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National Book Week

Date: 11 16 1948
Description: "Books Tell the Story" display at Wisconsin High School as part of the observance of National Book Week. Students looking at display are, left to right: Ph...
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Youth Summer Reading Group at Madison Free Library

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Ten Madison school children, all fourth through sixth graders, sit with librarian Mrs. E.J. Levenick in the Madison Free Library children's reading room. T...
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Library Catalog

Date: 1970
Description: View of Wisconsin Historical Society librarians filing catalog cards. This image is undated, but it was probably taken during the 1970s.
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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Madison Public Library Bookmobile

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Exterior view of the new Madison Public Library bookmobile parked in front of the City-County building on Monona Boulevard.
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American Cancer Society Dinner

Date: 04 11 1957
Description: Three members of the Dane County board look over literature provided by the American Cancer Society for introduction into public schools. Left to right are...
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Jacobs Children Aid John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Fund

Date: 07 08 1964
Description: The children of Donald and Jeanne Jacobs selling lemonade, candy, gum, and other goodies to aid the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library fund. Karen, 9, is pou...
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New Madison Public Library

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: The entrance area of the new public library under construction on the corner of Fairchild and Mifflin streets.
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Views of New Public Library

Date: 06 10 1965
Description: The lobby and check-out desk at the new Madison Public Library located at 201 West Mifflin Street. One of a series of photographs showing rooms at the new ...
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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Ruth Culliney and Jeanette Dega browse books on the shelves of the Madison Free Library bookmobile parked in the Lakeview Heights neighborhood, a new city ...
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Peggy Van Wagenen (left, 122 E. Gilman Street) and Ellen Erickson (right, 1321 Morrison Street), check out an LP vinyl record in the Madison Central Librar...
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We Saw You . . . at Madison Libraries

Date: 03 05 1958
Description: Dorothy Huston (1433 East Johnson Street), the reference division supervisor at the Madison Free Library's main branch at 201 West Mifflin Street, helps ma...
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National Library Week

Date: 03 14 1958
Description: Five Edgewood High School Library Club members are preparing posters for the observance of National Library Week. Meeting in the library by bookshelves, th...
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Hawthorne Branch Library Remodeling

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Remodeling is underway for the new Hawthorne Branch Library at 2041 Atwood Avenue. This library location replaced the Williamson Street branch library and ...
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Brittingham Redevelopment Plan Model

Date: 11 18 1958
Description: Madison library assistant Mrs. Ronald Labott, 313 S. Marquette Street, examines a model of the Brittingham redevelopment model. The "Triangle" redevelopmen...
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NAACP Brotherhood Week Display at Madison Central Library

Date: 02 15 1961
Description: The Dane County National Association for the Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) Brotherhood Week display, including books, recordings and other material...

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