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| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing... |
| Date: | 12 19 1944 |
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| Description: | Audience at Wisconsin Motor Vehicle Department Safety Convention, in a ballroom at the Loraine Hotel, 123 West Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 04 26 1936 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of Brown's Book Shop, looking towards the rear, located at 643 State Street. |
| Date: | 04 26 1936 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the new book room and rental library of Browns Book Shop at 643 State Street. |
| Date: | 10 17 1932 |
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| Description: | Nellie Tayloe Ross, vice chairman of the Democratic National Committee and former Wyoming Governor, speaking in the Assembly Chambers, on behalf of the Roo... |
| Date: | 10 20 1930 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Washington school library class for the 5th and 6th grade. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Workers sitting at desks in the offices of Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men proofreading(?) publications at Harvester Press, International Harvester's in-house print shop. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Front entrance of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. Awnings are on the windows of the first and second floors. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | A poster or signboard describing lighting specifications at International Harvester factories and their contribution to employee health and safety. Four fa... |
| Date: | 02 08 1955 |
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| Description: | Scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room constructed for the replacement of the glass skylights and original light fixtures. On... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Library Reading Room as completed in 1901, showing skylights and ceiling fixtures, library tables and lights, and many University of Wisconsin students at ... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | SHSW Periodical Reading Room, showing mezzanine stacks, original tables and lamps, and coffered ceiling treatment. Among the University of Wisconsin studen... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The large service flag that honored all University of Wisconsin students who served during World War I on display in the Reading Room. The students themsel... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | A view of chairs and a table with flowers and papers in the gentlemen's lounging room of the Elks Club, founded in 1868. Caption reads: "Gentlemen's Loungi... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room with people studying at tables. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view from the back of a classroom of desks, a globe, and a map of Texas at Pythian Orphans' Home. Caption reads: "Class Room." |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | Close-up view of an oil lamp attached too close to the wall of the International Harvester experimental farm so that a trail of soot stains the wallpaper. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View of the reading room of the First Church of Christ Scientist, built in 1903. A man and a woman are sitting at a table surrounded by chairs and wooden b... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of a small library at Saint Joseph's Academy of Maine, opened in 1912. Chairs are gathered around a table near bookcases. In the room are religiou... |
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