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| Date: | 11 01 1948 |
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| Description: | Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross sorting books at the library of Mendota hospital for the mentally ill. Left to right: Mrs. Frederick Hillyer, and ... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Belle Case La Follette standing at a window and reading. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Four Madison authors are shown together holding books they have written. Seated are Francis F. Bowman and Prof. William Hesseltine. Standing are Miss Emil... |
| Date: | 11 16 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Four parents are shown admiring twelve books. They are celebrating National Book Week which is co-sponsored by their group, the Madison Council of Parents ... |
| Date: | 11 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Six children preview new books and historical dolls. Left to right they are: James Scrivner, Paul Ives, Shirley Kleven, Carolyn Watzke, Judy Kay Lemon and ... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Prominent elements are reading tables, librarian's desk, bookshelves. |
| Date: | 12 02 1948 |
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| Description: | Gifts of dishes, radio-phonograph, wire recorder, toys and books are enjoyed by children at Lapham School. Roundy's Fun Fund provided these and more items ... |
| Date: | 04 1964 |
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| Description: | Thirteen-year-old student John "Butch" Quirk's hands turn the pages of a book. The original magazine caption reads: "School Boy: 'Butch' Quirk is a bright ... |
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| Description: | A man and a woman sit by a desk in a corner of a room that holds various books and papers. |
| Date: | 01 04 1949 |
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| Description: | Mrs. J. Riley (Anne) Best, Eagle Heights apartments, reading a book to her two children, Sally 6, and Steven, 4. The family is new to the area, having move... |
| Date: | 01 18 1949 |
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| Description: | Four foreign students at Madison Vocational and Adult Education School learning English from Margery N. Stewart. |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of William Tennant, sitting in a chair wearing a suit jacket and trousers. He is holding a cane and a book in front of a painted backdrop... |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a full-length studio portrait of two unidentified girls on the occasion of their First Communion. They are standing and wearing wh... |
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| Description: | A seated elderly woman holding a book on her lap poses for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. |
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| Description: | A seated woman holds a book in her lap while a young girl stands behind her, both posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 02 03 1949 |
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| Description: | The living room of the historic stone farmhouse at 901 University Bay Drive, recently renovated by Freda Keys Winterble. The house was named "Keystone" aft... |
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| Description: | Four young women sitting around a table and reading books while posing for a studio portrait in front of a painted backdrop. They are wearing white blouses... |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of two women standing near a chair and reading from the same book in front of a painted backdrop. They both wear similar black dresses an... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison. The building is now Music Hall. Two statues are in a stained glass window alcove, and portraits line the second floor balc... |
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