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D.F. Jones' Pharmacy

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: Interior of pharmacy with the prescription case. Standing by the stairs is D.F. Jones, store proprietor.
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Pharmacy Reference Library

Date: 02 08 1941
Description: View showing part of the pharmacist's working library at D.F. Jones' Pharmacy.
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August Derleth in his Office

Date: 1965
Description: Office of author August Derleth, Wisconsin's Very Live Radio's (WVLR) unofficial consultant on the history of the Sauk-Prairie area. Derleth's novels and s...
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Child with Book

Date: 09 30 1988
Description: Young girl holding a book about child care written by Dr. Benjamin Spock, M.D. She is holding the book upside down.
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Suburban Bookmobile

Date: 1972
Description: Three children reading books near a bookmobile parked in a suburban neighborhood. The bookmobile was an International Loadstar 1600.
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Two Young Women in Bedroom

Date: 1929
Description: Two young women talking in a bedroom. One is packing or unpacking clothes into a travel bag. A copy of Herbert Quick's "Vandemark's Folly" is among the boo...
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Father Reading to Son

Date: 12 28 1981
Description: Father reading "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" by Mark Twain to his son.
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Smokey Bear with School Children

Date: 1954
Description: A man dressed in a Smokey Bear costume is standing with two Milwaukee school children. A young girl is sitting at a desk, and a boy is standing and holding...
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John J. Esch

Date: 1915
Description: U.S. Congressman of Wisconsin John J. Esch seated at his desk.
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Agricultural Extension Department Library

Date: 1915
Description: Women sitting in the library of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department.
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Law Office

Date: 1894
Description: Patent attorney Charles L. Goss (seated), with clerk Arthur Muerless in the law offices of Winkler, Flanders, Smith, Bottum, & Vilas.
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Child at Library

Date: 10 09 1961
Description: A girl enjoys a book at the library.
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19th Century Dorm Room

Date: 05 1899
Description: A student studies in his dorm room.
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School Project

Date: 04 22 1967
Description: Two junior high students work on a project that requires making a vocal recording.
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Classroom Reading

Date: 02 04 1957
Description: Classroom reading activities at school.
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Upham Residence

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Description: Interior view of Upham residence. There are bookshelves along the back wall. A large, arched doorway leads into another room on the right, with a glass-fro...
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Summer Reading

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Description: Woman lying in the grass reading near an umbrella along a shoreline. A boat is beached on the right, and in the background is a fence and hill.
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Edith Kermit Carow

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Description: Edith Kermit Carow, wife of President Theodore Roosevelt.
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Story Time

Date: 10 17 1963
Description: A librarian reads a children's book aloud to young boys and girls.
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Telephone Conversation

Date: 03 27 1963
Description: A three-year-old girl uses a toy telephone, and carries on an imaginary conversation at a preschool.

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