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Child at Library

Date: 10 09 1961
Description: A girl enjoys a book at the library.
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Lucian M. & Mary E. Hanks House, Library

Date: 07 20 1960
Description: First floor library in Lucian M. Hanks house, 525 Wisconsin Avenue.
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300 Block of State Street

Date: 06 1967
Description: Composite panoramic view of the south side of the 300 block of State Street. Businesses include: Montgomery Ward (on North Henry Street), Colonial Shoppe E...
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Library Dedication

Date: 10 1969
Description: Individuals at the dedication of the Wausau Public Library. From the left: Kermit Goertz, president of the local library board; Henry C. Ahrnsbrak, chairma...
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Book Fair at Blessed Sacrament School

Date: 02 08 1960
Description: Two parents preview books to be sold to stock the Blessed Sacrament Catholic School library. Joy Genter (left) and Dorothy Clark consider which books to bu...
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United Cerebral-Palsy League

Date: 04 27 1961
Description: Members of the United Cerebral-Palsy Parents League meet monthly to exchange information and experiences. Pictured, from left to right: Alma Dambekaln, Jam...
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F. Gerald Ham Examining Papers

Date: 1964
Description: Caption reads: "F. Gerald Ham, Wisconsin State Archivist, examining papers (posed re-enactment) in preparation of a guide to labor history research materia...
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Madison Public Library Scenes

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Young people crowded around library tables laden with stacks of books. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Publ...
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Madison Public Library

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Library patrons crowded together at the card catalog. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Public Library at 206...
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Madison Public Library Scenes

Date: 03 11 1961
Description: Men and women crowd around two library tables while reading. The photograph is one of a series showing the crowded conditions at the Madison Public Library...
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Blessed Sacrament Parish School

Date: 09 12 1961
Description: Third graders read in Blessed Sacrament school library. Left to right: Mary Jo Sweeney, Kathy Gorman and Bill Morgan.
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Folk Singer Ed Sprague

Date: 09 09 1961
Description: Three children watch Madison folk singer Ed Sprague singing while playing guitar. The children, from left, are Billy Schwab, Luann McGilligan, and Kathleen...
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Art to Live With

Date: 01 14 1964
Description: Members of the arts study group of the Monona American Association of University Women have undertaken the framing of pictures to be rented to the public t...
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First Baptist Church Children's Day Art Exhibit

Date: 06 10 1964
Description: Marianne Davies, a third grader, looks over a work created by a group of fourth graders which is on display at the First Baptist Church Children's Day art ...
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Hula Lesson with Children at Madison Public Library

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Joan Nagamatsu, 2110 University Avenue, a native of Hawaii, teaching the Hula to children at the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street.
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Hula Lesson with Children at Madison Public Library

Date: 07 28 1964
Description: Joan Nagamatsu, 2110 University Avenue, a native of Hawaii, illustrating hula movements to a group of young children at the Madison Public Library, 206 Nor...
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Jacobs Children Aid John F. Kennedy Memorial Library Fund

Date: 07 08 1964
Description: The children of Donald and Jeanne Jacobs selling lemonade, candy, gum, and other goodies to aid the John F. Kennedy Memorial Library fund. Karen, 9, is pou...
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New Madison Public Library

Date: 10 28 1964
Description: The entrance area of the new public library under construction on the corner of Fairchild and Mifflin streets.
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Ground Breaking for the Middleton Medical Library

Date: 05 20 1965
Description: Dr. William S. Middleton, emeritus dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, turns the first shovelful at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Mi...
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"Heiroglyph" Sculpture By O.V. Shaffer

Date: 06 09 1965
Description: Passerby looking at "Heiroglyph," a sculpture made by O.V. Shaffer, Beloit, located in front of the new Madison Public Library, 201 West Mifflin Street. Th...

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