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| 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: | 1915 |
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| Description: | U.S. Congressman of Wisconsin John J. Esch seated at his desk. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Women sitting in the library of International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Three girls serving cups of food and bread to children seated at their desks in a Cook County, District 137 classroom. The activity may have been part of t... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Photographer Herman Taylor's children sit at a little table in front of the hearth in the library. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Dr. Joseph Smith reads at his desk in his office in the Wisconsin Valley Trust Building. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of "Tom Swift and His Airship or the Stirring Cruise of the Red Cloud." |
| Date: | 10 1910 |
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| Description: | The cover of John T. Trowbridge's poetry book, "Darius Green and his Flying Machine," illustrated by Wallace Goldsmith and published by Houghton Mifflin Co... |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Simon Overby at home in their parlor with books, family portraits, and an organ with sheet music. Mr. Overby sits in a chair with a cane and a... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A studio portrait of the Reverend Andrew L. Dahl, minister in the Norwegian Evangelical Lutheran Church, from around 1910. Dahl was born in Valdres, Norway... |
| Date: | 09 1917 |
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| Description: | Khaki-covered Bibles being made by the American Bible Society for American fighters during World War I. The goal was one million testaments. All the worker... |
| 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: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Carnegie Library, Richland Center, WI. Two people are seated at a table reading at the far left. A frieze decorates the wall above a d... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Historical Society Library delivery desk and librarians Mary S. Foster, Esther DeBoos, and Edna C. Adams, 1912. At the time, patrons and students were... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Contents of an International Harvester "Christmas Box", including Fig Newtons, a Hershey's Chocolate Bar, Medicinal Carbolic Soap, Colgate's Handy Grip Sha... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Otto G. Ansorge sits in his home on Lake Avenue and reads. Ansorge was a jeweler and band director in Winneconne. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A college student setting out to class in zero degree weather. He is holding his books, and is wearing a hat and gloves, and has a scarf wrapped around his... |
| Date: | 11 12 1914 |
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| Description: | Waist-up seated portrait of Samuel A. Clark, Neenah manufacturer. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Fort Atkinson Public Library. The library was funded by H.E. Southwell with $10,000. War posters are prominently displayed and include... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Green Bay Public Library. Notes on photograph read: "Interior, Public Library, Green Bay Wis. - No. 45" and "Copr. 1910, H.E. Bethe." ... |
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