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| Date: | 12 12 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Reverend Erling Ylvisaker, pastor at the Evangelical Lutheran Church of the Holy Cross, Milwaukee Street. He preached to the returning veterans... |
| Date: | 12 11 1944 |
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| Description: | Charles H. Cashin (right) of Stevens Point being sworn in by Clerk of Court Herbert C. Hale as the U.S. Attorney for the Western Wisconsin District. |
| Date: | 03 03 1945 |
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| Description: | Philip G. Fox, 513 Virginia Terrace, professor of business administration at the University of Wisconsin, with a slot machine. Professor Fox is a well-kno... |
| Date: | 03 20 1945 |
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| Description: | Judge Elmer E. Barlow, in his robes, sitting in his office, as a member of the Wisconsin Supreme Court. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A man, possibly John Forbes, working at a roll-top desk in his office over the old Fire Hall. A dog is sitting on a chair in the lower left. Books on the s... |
| 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: | 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: | 06 28 1945 |
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| Description: | Professor John H. Kolb, a rural Sociologist in the University of Wisconsin College of Agriculture. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun... |
| Date: | 06 27 1945 |
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| Description: | Six children with a day care worker. The Abraham Lincoln School for Social Science of Chicago, Illinois, sponsored a Summer Institute in Madison for severa... |
| Date: | 07 10 1945 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Livia Appel, Managing Editor of University of Wisconsin Press. |
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| Description: | Ornately decorated library at 675 Rush Street. The house was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his family in 1879. After McCormick's death in 1884, the ho... |
| Date: | 1978 |
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| Description: | Author Alex Haley autographing a copy of his best selling book, Roots, during a visit to Spottsylvania County, Virginia, where his ancestor Kunte Ki... |
| Date: | 2003 |
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| Description: | Lap robe and phonographic records in the Quinney farmhouse attic. |
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| Description: | Anti-Communist brochure printed and distributed by the Warner Electric Brake & Clutch Company of Beloit, Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | Carte-de-visite of Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor (1783-1867), Indian scholar and author. Best known for writing the Sanskrik Encyclopedia, Sabdakalpadruma (... |
| Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room constructed for the replacement of the glass skylights and original light fixtures. On... |
| Date: | 06 1952 |
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| Description: | Cover of The McCarthy Record depicting the United States Capitol building and several government documents. |
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| Description: | View from balcony of the interior of the Chester Thordarson boathouse with several tables, upon which are numerous books. |
| Date: | 10 08 1947 |
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| Description: | Three novices studying at Norbertine Novitiate, 4123 Monona Drive. Left to right are James Mahoney, Joseph McCloskey, and James Gerrits. The Novitiate was... |
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