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Wisconsin State Capitol Interior — Stacks of the Historical Library

Date: 1898
Description: Cluttered work space of the librarian responsible for the Historical Society's newspaper collection during the period when the Society occupied rooms in th...
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Woman with Book of Madison Men and Women in Service

Date: 04 07 1945
Description: Barbara Groves searches through a book of clippings of Madison men and women in service. The stories were published in the "Wisconsin State Journal" and t...
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W.H. Glover Reading the "Milwaukee Sentinel"

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: W.H. Glover, University of Wisconsin assistant professor in agricultural economics, reading an edition of the "Milwaukee Daily Sentinel" in the Wisconsin S...
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Mrs. Robert Nelson, Librarian

Date: 08 15 1946
Description: Mrs. Robert (?) Nelson, librarian, at the Wisconsin State Historical Library, standing before a case containing a rare collection, and looking at a copy of...
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Searching the Card Catalog

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Description: Two women searching through a card catalog, standing in front of a stack of periodicals. Possibly inside the Highlander Folk School Library.
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Empty Stocking Fund Contribution to Lions Club

Date: 12 06 1949
Description: Jean Behling and Bill Doudna of the Wisconsin State Journal staff present a check for $100 to Herman Wagner who is co-chairman of the industrial div...
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Elisha D. Smith Library

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Description: Interior view of the Elisha D. Smith Library. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Lower left of photograph reads: "Va...
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Elisha D. Smith Library

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Description: Interior view of the Elisha D. Smith Library. The library opened in 1898 funded with a gift of $20,000 from E.D. Smith. Throughout the room in the foregrou...
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Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library

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Description: Interior view of the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library. The library opened in 1905 and was funded with a $13,930 donation from H.E. & W. Ludlow. This image is...
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Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library

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Description: Interior view of the Arabut Ludlow Memorial Library. The library opened in 1905 and was funded with a $13,930 donation from H.E. & W. Ludlow. There is a br...
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Neenah Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Neenah Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a combined donation of $20,000 from the citizens of Neenah and A...
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Stevens Point Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Stevens Point Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by a $22,000 donation from Andrew Carnegie. In the room is a p...
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Whitewater Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the White Memorial Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded with a $15,000 donation from Flavia White. In the room are reading t...
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Library after Remodeling

Date: 11 1955
Description: Elevated view from the balcony of the north end of the Wisconsin Historical Society's library reading room showing the recent remodeling. The remodeling di...
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Central Park Officers' House

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Description: An interior view of the library of the Central Park Officers' House. Seven men read in wooden and wicker chairs and decorative lighting hangs from the cei...
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Theresa Library

Date: 02 28 1978
Description: "Library. Situated above the firehouse. Librarians Nancy Koll and Judy Scheirer estimate that they have about 5,000 books and periodicals."
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We Saw You . . . at the Library

Date: 09 22 1957
Description: An older man wearing thick glasses and a wool blazer looks closely at a newspaper on a rod.

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