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| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Norwegian family posing with their household possessions, in front of their home. The man dressed in military uniform is a Civil War veteran. Madison, Wisc... |
| Date: | 06 13 1918 |
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| Description: | "Here lies the remains of German in B.H.S." is written on the pavement next to a smoldering pile of German textbooks. A car is parked along the curb in the... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Beatrice C. Gesell and Gerhard Gesell, Jr. play out-of-doors. While mother watches the baby sits on a pillow playing with a volume titled "Educational Pro... |
| Date: | 1972 |
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| Description: | Three children reading books near a bookmobile parked in a suburban neighborhood. The bookmobile was an International Loadstar 1600. |
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| Description: | Man with a book in his hand entering the rear of International Metro LM series delivery truck owned and operated by the First Regional Library of Mississip... |
| Date: | 03 04 1937 |
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| Description: | Living room in Coombs house, Lakewood. |
| Date: | 11 24 1932 |
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| Description: | Brown's Book Shop, 643 State Street, with a window display of the "Modern Library." |
| Date: | 04 30 1931 |
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| Description: | Brown's Book Shop display window featuring Parker Pens, 643 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 29 1931 |
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| Description: | Walgreen's window, 30-32 E. Mifflin Street, advertising the movie "Trader Horn," with a poster and copies of the book on display. |
| Date: | 03 03 1931 |
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| Description: | Moseley Book Company, located at 10 E. Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 08 17 1930 |
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| Description: | Moseley's Bookstore display window advertising the book and the movie "All Quiet On The Western Front." The movie was being shown at the RKO Capitol Theatr... |
| Date: | 08 06 1963 |
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| Description: | A mother reads stories on her front steps to children from around the block. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | A family is gathered around table for coffee with a frame house behind that has a sewing machine on its porch, and a lightning rod on the roof. A framed pi... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children (left to right: Morten, Henry, Edward, Halbert and Helen) in front of their home in Mapl... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Halle Steensland and his wife Sophia pose with their five children at the family home, later located at 733 Lakewood Boulevard, Village of Maple Bluff. Fro... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The interior of the Appleton Public Library. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | An International Auto Wagon with a rear compartment containing shelves of books is parked outside a library. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and a ... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Bookshelves and desks within the Eau Claire Public Library Reading Room. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Eau Claire Public Library. Tables and bookshelves in the public library reading room. |
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