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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, "Wisconsin State Journal" librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, and Ernest P. Green, day foreman of the press room, looking at ...
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Badger Spelling Bee

Date: 01 14 1954
Description: Nancy Staudenraus, State Journal librarian and assistant Spelling Bee director, looks over 1954 Spelling Bee pamphlets as they come off the press. Ernest P...
Painting

Lyman Draper on a Collecting Trip

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Description: Watercolor painting depicting Lyman C. Draper, first Secretary of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, riding a horse on a trip to collect historical...
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State Historical Society 70th Anniversary Party

Date: 01 30 1919
Description: The library staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and their guests the University of Wisconsin Library staff, at the Society's seventieth anni...
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Thwaites, Welsh, and Foster

Date: 01 30 1912
Description: Ruben Gold Thwaites, Iva Welsh, and Mary Foster dressed as "Box and Cox" and Mrs. Bouncer from the 1840's comedy Box and Cox. They are at a costume ...
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We Saw You at Library Breakfast

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: The annual breakfast of the University of Wisconsin Library School was held in Tripp Commons of the Memorial Union. Seated, left to right, are Mrs. Oscar M...
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We Saw You at Library Breakfast

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Mrs. Rozana Belodedich, Chicago, former director of the University of Belgrade Library School, spoke on "Libraries and Librarianship in Yugoslavia" at the ...
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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Alice Volker, a city librarian, boarding the library's bookmobile to start the day's rounds. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.
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Honoring Librarian Katharine Middleton

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Librarian friends at a tea honoring Katherine Middleton who is retiring. Sitting in a living room on a couch, they are Sarah Hanson (left) and Nellie Kohli...
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Honoring Librarian Katharine Middleton

Date: 01 18 1958
Description: Librarian friends at a tea in a private residence honoring Katherine Middleton who is retiring after almost 32 years with the Wisconsin Free Library Commis...
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Dane County Bookmobile Interior

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Cathy Surprise (Chambers) assists a male patron (possibly Rod Clark) in the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.

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