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Sid at the Wisconsin Historical Society

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Description: Sid sitting outdoors on the top row of a set of bleachers on the Library Mall in front of the entrance to the Wisconsin Historical Society. He is holding a...
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Sunday at the Chazen Museum

Date: 02 2014
Description: Indoor view through the lobby of the Chazen Museum towards glass walls which look out on East Campus Mall. Snow is on the ground, and two people are walkin...
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Dane County Library Service Bookmobile

Date: 08 16 1966
Description: Dane County Library Service Director, Donald Lamb and Bookmobile Librarian, Barbara Larson standing in front of the Dane County Library Service. The Bookmo...
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John Muir's Tracks

Date: 04 2014
Description: View of the display case of John Muir's mechanical clock desk, which is on the ground floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the central lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society, near the statue "Forward." This is the printer's mark of the Riverside Press. It was...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the central lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. This is the printer's mark of one the earliest English printers, William Caxton. He ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the north/central lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. This is the printer's mark for Jehan Frellon, a prominent printer in Lyons, Fr...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the north lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The Elzivirs, Amsterdam printers in 1620, were known by this illustration of a hermit ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the south/central lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. The printer's mark of Melchor Lotter, a Leipzig printer from 1491-1536, was in...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Historical Society Floor Mosaic

Date: 1899
Description: Mosaic in the south lobby floor of the Wisconsin Historical Society. This design, dating from 1502, was the mark of Aldus Manutius, the head of the printer...
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State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1960
Description: The State Historical Society of Wisconsin building and grounds after a snowstorm. State Street is on the far left, with Bascom Hill in the background.
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Closing the East Entrance

Date: 08 19 1954
Description: View of a worker laying concrete blocks to close off one of the three front entrances to the State Historical Society of Wisconsin headquarters building. A...
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State Historical Society Courtyard

Date: 1948
Description: View from Bascom Hill and across Park Street towards the west facade of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin headquarters building, giving a view of t...
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Clifford Lord with McCormick Collection Records

Date: 1952
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin Director, Clifford Lord, posing with a volume from the McCormick collection shelved on the right.
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Donald McNeil with State Historical Society Vehicle

Date: 1955
Description: Don McNeil standing inside the open passenger door of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin's first fleet vehicle, a Ford Ranch Wagon. The vehicle is p...
Postcard

Air View of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

Date: 1968
Description: Aerial view of the UW Campus and Lake Mendota. Memorial Library, Historical Society, and Red Gym in the center.
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Silver Dollar and Lafayette Radio Electronics

Date: 1973
Description: View across West Mifflin Street towards a building with two businesses. From left to right: the Silver Dollar Tavern, then a store in the process of becomi...
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Multi-Frame View of Memorial Library

Date: 1973
Description: View across State Street towards the Memorial Library during expansion. Graffiti and posters cover the pedestrian walkway through the construction zone. Th...
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Madison Public Library Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 10 29 1963
Description: Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Madison Public Library building at the south corner of W. Mifflin and N. Fairchild Streets. Rev. Joseph Brown is standi...
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Public Library

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Description: Exterior view of the Madison public library, a brick building with an arched entrance. Caption reads: "Public Library, Madison, Wis."

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