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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Library of the McCormick family home at 675 Rush Street. The home was built for Cyrus Hall McCormick and his wife Nettie Fowler in 1873. |
| Date: | 01 17 1955 |
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| Description: | Students studying inside University Library. |
| Date: | 12 01 1955 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Agronomy Professor Laurence F. Graber posing in front of shelves of agronomy books in his office library. |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Two women select books from the opened back of a traveling branch library in a truck parked on a street. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Interior of the public library. The room contains tables and chairs, a bust sculpture of a woman, and bookshelves. |
| Date: | 02 1998 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey reads from "The Cat in the Hat" to young constituents who are wearing special hats. In the background are several shelves of book... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
| Date: | 07 17 1956 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Dr. Clifford Lee Lord, director of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, sitting at his desk. |
| Date: | 07 1989 |
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| Description: | "Theresa library board members, Peggy Langenfeld, Sandy Merchant, Betty Bodden, and Ralph Widmer pose with a fund-raiser sign." |
| Date: | 08 1989 |
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| Description: | "A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Theresa's new library." |
| Date: | 05 1990 |
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| Description: | "In Theresa's new library, Sandy Merchant, Betty Bodden, Nancy Koll, Sheryl Bodden, and Peg Langenfeld." |
| Date: | 02 1996 |
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| Description: | "Cheryl Gage, Assistant Director at the Fond du Lac Public Library, poses with a board, touting the photography of Fred H. Bandlow." |
| Date: | 02 1996 |
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| Description: | "Cheryl Gage and Shirley Widmer hold up some of Fred Bandlow's photos that were on display at the Fond du Lac Library." |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view from stairway of the ornate Otis elevator in the Wisconsin Historical Society building. This elevator was installed as original equipment in ... |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Interior of Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. Librarian Doris Cruger is sitting at the desk inside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. Standing... |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the new Madison Public Library bookmobile parked in front of the City-County building on Monona Boulevard. |
| Date: | 07 11 1957 |
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| Description: | Mayor Ivan Nestingen; Head Librarian Helen Farr; and Library Board Member A. Kermit Frater stand outside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. An uniden... |
| Date: | 01 15 1980 |
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| Description: | "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View from the dirt road of front of a one-story log building with a brick chimney. In the foreground are a chain link fence, gate, and shrubs. This buildin... |
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