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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Beloit Public Library. The reverse of the image has a note: "1903, Carnegie bldg, cost $25,000 - Patton + Miller, Chicago, Arch."
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Baraboo Carnegie Free Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie donated $15,000. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carn...
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Baraboo Carnegie Free Library

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Description: Exterior view of front entrance, framed by two trees, of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." On t...
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Berlin Library

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Description: Copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Berlin Public Library. Above the main entrance is carved: "Carnegie Public Library." The corner st...
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Black River Falls Public Library

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Description: Panoramic picture postcard of the exterior of the Black River Falls Public Library. One side of the library has a large white stone on which is carved: "Pu...
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Brodhead Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Brodhead Public Library. There is a small librarian's desk with a tray of cards and flowers in a vase. On the right is a nine-drawer c...
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Brodhead Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Brodhead Public Library. There is a poster on the wall advertising "The Debtor, a novel by May E. Wilkens Freeman." There are bookshel...
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Chippewa Falls Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Chippewa Falls Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie funded the library with $10,000. Above the main entra...
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Chippewa Falls Library

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Description: Interior view of the Chippewa Falls Library. In the center is a six drawer cabinet holding a potted plant, surrounded by small reading tables (children's t...
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Columbus Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Columbus Library. Reverse of mounting reads: "1912, Carnegie bldg. $ Cost 10,000 - Claude + Starck, Madison, arch." Brick and Stucco c...
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Darlington Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Darlington Public Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." Two trees frame the entrance of the brick and st...
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Darlington Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from lawn of the Darlington Public Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." On the reverse of the photograph is re...
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Eau Claire Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Copy of artist's rendering done in watercolor. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by a $40,000 donat...
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Green Bay Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of stone facade of the Green Bay Public Library. The entrance has a wide stairway leading up to the front door, which is framed by ionic colu...
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Green Bay Public Library

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. The library was built in 1903 at a cost of $12,000 by H.A. Foeller, Architects. Note on photograph reads: "I...
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Hudson Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Hudson Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of $12,000. The word "Library" is abov...
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Hudson Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Hudson Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of $12,000. In the room are reading ta...
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Kaukauna Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Kaukauna Public Library. The library opened in 1905 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of $12,000. Visible above the main e...
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Fargo Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Fargo Public Library in Lake Mills. Reverse of cardboard backing reads: "1902, $8000 - Cost, G.B. Ferry, Milwaukee, arch." The library...
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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,000 from G.M. Simmons. The building i...

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