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Student in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Stacks

Date: 02 14 1945
Description: Yvonne Hauge, University of Wisconsin sophomore, in the crowded stacks at the Wisconsin Historical Society Library.
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1200 Block of Williamson Street

Date: 04 17 1945
Description: The view east down the 1200 block of Williamson Street taken for Continental Casualty. Buildings include the Flesch Grocery, 1209 Williamson Street; Fire ...
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Drawing of the Reading Room

Date: 1896
Description: Rendering of the library reading room in the State Historical Society, now the Wisconsin Historical Society. This was the final, accepted design by Ferry a...
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Benjamin "Bennie" Butts at Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1925
Description: Benjamin Butts posing outside the Wisconsin Historical Society where he worked as a messenger.
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Second Floor Plan, Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: Floor plan for the second floor library and offices of the State Historical Society building designed by architects Ferry & Clas and constructed in 1900. F...
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Third Floor Plan, Wisconsin Historical Society

Date: 1900
Description: Floor plan for the third floor of the State Historical Society building designed by architects Ferry & Clas and constructed in 1900.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Architectural Details

Date: 1900
Description: Sheet #26 of the plans for the State Historical Society building prepared by architects Ferry & Clas, showing longitudinal sections of corridor 142 and Roo...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Architectural Details

Date: 1900
Description: Sheet # 25 of the plans submitted by architects Ferry & Clas for the construction of the State Historical Society building, showing longitudinal sections o...
Drawing

Wisconsin Historical Society Building Architectural Details

Date: 1900
Description: Sheet #27 of the plans submitted by architects Ferry & Clas for the State Historical Society building showing a section of all four stories of the building...
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Josephine Harper

Date: 1948
Description: Dr. Josephine Harper, later Josephine Harper Darling, archivist at the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, and editor of the guide to the papers of Lyma...
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Wisconsin Centennial Mural

Date: 1948
Description: Artist William Ashby McCloy working on his Wisconsin Centennial murals in the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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Microfilm Users

Date: 05 15 1952
Description: Kenneth Duckett and Alan E. Kent, historians employed by the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, using the microfilm reader in the Society's old, first ...
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Governor Goodland at the Historical Society

Date: 
Description: Clifford L. Lord, director of the State Historical Society (on the right), seated with Governor Walter Goodland and Mrs. Goodland at an event at the Wiscon...
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Wisconsin Historical Society Building Architectural Details

Date: 1900
Description: Sheets 21: Exterior section through the main loggia (Room 226) and portion of the east elevation, 1 1/2 bays of the loggia.
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Historical Society Design

Date: 1896
Description: Front elevation and floor plans submitted by Milwaukee architect, H. C.Koch & Co., for the Wisconsin Historical Society building design competition. The b...
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First Floor of State Historical Society Building

Date: 1900
Description: View of south stairway and elevator on the first floor of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin building.
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Library Circulation Desk

Date: 1948
Description: Wisconsin Historical Society Library Circulation Desk and staff.
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Historical Society Library

Date: 1948
Description: A view of the Library Reading Room from the Visitors Gallery in 1948, showing crowded conditions. Cosmetic changes to the appearance of the room included ...
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Crowded Storage Conditions

Date: 1948
Description: Temporary storage on the Visitors Gallery in the Wisconsin Historical Society blocks the view of the Library Reading Room. This storage was necessary beca...
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Library Circulation Desk

Date: 05 15 1952
Description: Close-up of the Library Circulation Desk and librarians Esther DeBoos and Margaret Gleason (right) behind the desk at the Wisconsin Historical Society.

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