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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: Front entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Awnings are on the windows of the first and second floors.
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La Crosse Public Library

Date: 1935
Description: Exterior view across road toward the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, La Crosse, Wis."
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American Library Association Group Portrait

Date: 07 08 1901
Description: Group portrait of members of the American Library Association, Madison, Wisconsin. East front of Wisconsin State Historical Library Building. Charles A. Cu...
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Elisha D. Smith Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Elisha D. Smith Library. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Over the main entrance, a...
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Elisha D. Smith Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Elisha D. Smith Library in winter. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Over the main e...
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Mabel Tainter Memorial Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Mabel Tainter Memorial Library. The library opened in 1891 and was funded by a $95,000 gift from Captain & Mrs. A. Tainter. Detailed c...
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Milwaukee Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Milwaukee Public Library. Note below the image reads: " Milwaukee Public Library, Children's Room." There are reading tables and chair...
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Racine Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Racine Public Library. The building was funded with a donation from Andrew Carnegie. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "1904, co...
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Sheboygan Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Sheboygan Public Library in winter. The library opened in 1903. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "est 1897, Carnegie bldg, 1903...
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Sparta Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Sparta Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Carnegie bldg., 1903, cost $12,000. Architects, Schick & Rot...
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Stanley Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from road of the Stanley Public Library. The library opened in 1901 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Mrs. S.F. Moon. Above the mai...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. Above the main entrance it reads: "Fr...
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Sun Prairie Public Library

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Description: Exterior view from across road of the Sun Prairie Public Library. Building pictured is Sun Prairie City Hall. Located on the corner of Main Street and Bris...
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Madison Public Library, New Jersey

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Description: Exterior of Madison Public Library in New Jersey, designed by Bringham and Adden and built in 1900. A path leads to an arched entryway, and a tower rises o...
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Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library

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Description: Interior of a small reading room at Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library, built in 1903. A woman sits at a reference desk on the left, and other people re...
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Library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of the library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines, established by the Ursuline Sisters, founded in 1845. Bookshelves and windows line th...
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Interior of Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
Description: A view of the interior of the Carnegie Library. There is a faint image of a woman in the left foreground. Bookshelves line the walls, tables and chairs are...

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