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| Date: | 08 08 1906 |
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| Description: | Dr. Charles R. McCarthy and staff at the Legislative Reference Library. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Five volumes of the Crown Collection of American Maps, plus an index, showing the spines of these books. |
| 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: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Medical students dissect a cadaver at the Chicago College of Physicians and Surgeons, University of Illinois. Surnames on the students' aprons include: Cor... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | The office of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction in the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27. |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | A close-up of the damage in the office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction caused by the Wisconsin State Capitol fire. Details of interest include ... |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| Description: | Office of Roujet Delisle Marshall, who served as Wisconsin Supreme Court Justice 1895-1918. The judge's office was located in one of the octagon tower room... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Historian Emma Helen Blair, who supervised the Historical Society's maps and manuscripts collection during the 1890s and who aided the editorial projects o... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Woman reading the bible outdoors while seated in a chair. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Portrait of two men sitting in a room lined with bookshelves. There is a banjo leaning in the corner next to a window. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Man lounging against a full bookcase in an office area at McCormick Works in Chicago. A second man can just be seen behind the bookcase. A large dark room ... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The interior of the Appleton Public Library. Caption reads: "Interior of Public Library, Appleton, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Sketch of two huge round revolving book stacks with an elevator. This was apparently a "library of the future" idea and was probably never actually built. |
| Date: | 07 04 1905 |
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| Description: | Children dressed as literary characters on a 4th of July float. Some children hold banners promoting the library. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Ada Bass sitting in a rocking chair while crocheting. Sitting across from her is a woman identified as Llora, who is reading. There is a replica of a cat p... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | John Barry and his family seated around a piano in their home. |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | SHSW Periodical Reading Room, showing mezzanine stacks, original tables and lamps, and coffered ceiling treatment. Among the University of Wisconsin studen... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Rasmus B. Anderson, his wife, and son in Anderson's study. Anderson's son holds the family dog. |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Rasmus B. Anderson seated in his study with his dog at his feet. |
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