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Charles McCarthy and Legislative Reference Library Staff

Date: 08 08 1906
Description: Dr. Charles R. McCarthy and staff at the Legislative Reference Library.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Office of SHSW Historian

Date: 1900
Description: Historian Emma Helen Blair, who supervised the Historical Society's maps and manuscripts collection during the 1890s and who aided the editorial projects o...
Print

Andrew Carnegie

Date: 1902
Description: Waist-up studio portrait of Andrew Carnegie.
Postcard

Appleton Public Library and City Hall

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Appleton Public Library and City Hall. Caption reads: "City Hall and Public Library, Appleton, Wis."
Postcard

Eager Free Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of library. Caption reads: "Eager Free Public Library, Evansville, Wis."
Postcard

Eager Free Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: View from street towards the library. Caption reads: "Eager Free Public Library, Evansville, Wis."
Postcard

Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Drawing of the exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library. Van Ryn and Degelleke architects. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Fond du Lac Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior of the Fond du Lac Public Library, with people standing on the front steps to the building. Caption reads: "Public Library, Fond du Lac, Wis."
Postcard

Fort Atkinson Public Library

Date: 1902
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
Photograph

Janesville Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Janesville Public Library on South Main Street.
Postcard

Janesville Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the Janesville Public Library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Janesville, Wis."
Postcard

Library and Fountain

Date: 1905
Description: View towards the fountain on the lawn in front of the library. Pedestrians are on the right. Caption reads: "Birge Memorial Fountain and White Memorial Lib...
Postcard

Soldiers' Monument and Waukesha Public Library

Date: 1900
Description: View of the Soldiers' Monument in front of the Waukesha Public Library, in the center of Cutler Park. A group of people are sitting on the lawn in front of...
Postcard

Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Manitowoc Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Manitowoc, Wis."
Postcard

Stevens Point Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: View across street towards the library. Caption reads: "Public Library, Stevens Point, Wis."
Postcard

Carnegie Library

Date: 1905
Description: View across the street towards the library. Caption reads: "Carnegie Library, Stevens Point, Wis."
Drawing

Revolving Book Stack

Date: 1900
Description: Sketch of two huge round revolving book stacks with an elevator. This was apparently a "library of the future" idea and was probably never actually built.
Postcard

Racine Public Library

Date: 1905
Description: Exterior view of a Racine Public Library. Caption reads: "'Public Library' Racina[sic], Wis."
Photograph

Library 4th of July Float

Date: 07 04 1905
Description: Children dressed as literary characters on a 4th of July float. Some children hold banners promoting the library.

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