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Madison Exchange Club Christmas Fund Raising

Date: 12 20 1952
Description: A Madison Exchange Club member giving an Elsie comic book to three girls after they put money in an old bathtub as a Christmas donation to the Salvation Ar...
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Family in front of Hans Kjorstad Residence

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Description: View of group posing on the lawn in front of a two-story frame house. Four men in the background on the left are standing near two teams of horses; three m...
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Man at Desk

Date: 1895
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...
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Richland Center Carnegie Library

Date: 1911
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...
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Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor, Author

Date: 1857
Description: Carte-de-visite of Raja Radhakant Deva Bahadoor (1783-1867), Indian scholar and author. Best known for writing the Sanskrik Encyclopedia, Sabdakalpadruma (...
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Woman Holding Books

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Description: Woman with books posed standing on a board sidewalk, possibly in front of the William T. Price home.
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Sennett and Winslow Capture

Date: 11 17 1947
Description: Alleged killers after confessing to the murder of two people. Seated are Buford Sennett, Richland Center, and Robert Winslow, Owen, standing behind them i...
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Elderly Woman in Highlander Library

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Description: An elderly woman in a straw sun hat reading a book in the Highlander Folk School Library.
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Gray Ladies of the Dane County Red Cross

Date: 11 01 1948
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 ...
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Belle La Follette Reading

Date: 1924
Description: Belle Case La Follette standing at a window and reading.
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Book Week

Date: 1948
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...
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Book Fair

Date: 11 09 1948
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 ...
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Indian School

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Description: Native American children, presumably students, and adults pose outside an Indian school. The location is not verified, but may be in the Hayward vicinity.
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Women with Infants and Girls

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Description: Two women wearing hats are standing and holding infants in their arms. In front of them are three girls. The tallest girl is holding some books or pamphlet...
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Portrait of William Tennant

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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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Couple in Farmyard

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Description: An outdoor portrait of a man wearing a hat, suit jacket, and trousers seated on a stool, and a woman standing next to him, with a fence behind them. The ma...
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Student on a Freezing Day

Date: 1911
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...
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Community Chest (Red Feather) Campaign

Date: 10 17 1949
Description: Charles Brown, student chairman of the Legal Aid Society, a Red Feather agency, describing the work of the society to three Community Chest women workers. ...
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Beloit Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Beloit Public Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie funded library construction with $25,000. Three women are seated...

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