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| Description: | Formal studio portrait of Clara Bewick Colby in a long, black skirt, holding a book. |
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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: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Dr. Joseph Smith reads at his desk in his office in the Wisconsin Valley Trust Building. |
| Date: | 05 1896 |
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| Description: | The office of Historical Society Librarian Isaac Bradley in the South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Bradley, who joined the Society staff in 1... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Studio portrait of a man posing sitting in a chair at a table with books on top, possibly Janus (James) Bruce Cartter, 1815-1897. He is in front of a paint... |
| Date: | 08 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Night view of Brown's Book Shop, 673 State Street, with display windows. |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite full-length portrait in front of a painted backdrop of Mrs. Belle Knickerbocker of Shullsburg, Wisconsin. She is holding a book in her left... |
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| Description: | A carte-de-visite of a slave sitting with three children. The text at the bottom read: "Learning is Wealth. Wilson, Charley, Rebecca, & Rosa. Slaves from N... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Walter and Virginia Ross relaxing indoors by the fireplace at Ross Teal Lake Lodge. Caption reads: "Mr. & Mrs. W.R. Ross at Ross' Teal Lake Lodge on Teal L... |
| Date: | 11 26 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Myra (Mrs. C.F.) Cary seated in a chair holding a book in her suite at the Park Hotel on her 86th birthday. She and her husband led the way in ... |
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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: | 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... |
| Date: | 05 02 1949 |
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| Description: | T.L. Graham reading in front of the floor to ceiling bookcases in the living room of his Edgewater Hotel apartment in Madison. The Edgewater Hotel is locat... |
| Date: | 11 12 1914 |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel A. Clark, Neenah manufacturer. |
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| Description: | Full-length carte-de-visite portrait of George W. Honey, F & S, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, standing, wearing clergy dress and holding a bible. |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-visite portrait of James Williams, Company A, 4th Wisconsin Cavalry, sitting and reading a book in front of a painted backdrop. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Detail view of the two doors at the north end of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room which provided access to the separate periodical rea... |
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| Description: | Seated carte-de-viste portrait of Thomas M. Heard (residence: Lorain County, Ohio), Company K, 2nd Ohio Heavy Artillery. He is sitting at a table with his ... |
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| Description: | A view of the Militon Court Inn's lounge with a staircase in the left foreground, and a fireplace, chairs, a painting, and books on shelves. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Albertson Post Office with books displayed in the window. |
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