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Youth Summer Reading Group at Madison Free Library

Date: 06 23 1950
Description: Ten Madison school children, all fourth through sixth graders, sit with librarian Mrs. E.J. Levenick in the Madison Free Library children's reading room. T...
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Historical Society Staff

Date: 1996
Description: Color portrait from balcony of the Historical Society staff taken in the Library to illustrate the cover of a special issue of the Magazine of Wisconsin...
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Historical Society Staff

Date: 1996
Description: Color portrait of the Historical Society staff. This image is a humorous version with balloons of another image which was taken for the cover of a special ...
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New School Librarians

Date: 09 22 1953
Description: Margaret Moss, director of school libraries (second from left), meets with new librarians Marguerite Hasse (Lincioln & Dudgeon Schools), Joan Mundt (Schenk...
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Madison Public Library Bookmobile

Date: 07 11 1957
Description: Mayor Ivan Nestingen; Head Librarian Helen Farr; and Library Board Member A. Kermit Frater stand outside Madison Public Library's new bookmobile. An uniden...
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Swear In To Vote Day

Date: 01 15 1980
Description: "New Voters — It was "Swear In to Vote Day' at Pulaski High School. Students who have reached 18 were sworn in as voters during a ceremony at the school, a...
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State Historical Society 70th Anniversary Party

Date: 01 30 1919
Description: The library staff of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin and their guests the University of Wisconsin Library staff, at the Society's seventieth anni...
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Thwaites, Welsh, and Foster

Date: 01 30 1912
Description: Ruben Gold Thwaites, Iva Welsh, and Mary Foster dressed as "Box and Cox" and Mrs. Bouncer from the 1840's comedy Box and Cox. They are at a costume ...
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We Saw You at Library Breakfast

Date: 05 05 1958
Description: The annual breakfast of the University of Wisconsin Library School was held in Tripp Commons of the Memorial Union. Seated, left to right, are Mrs. Oscar M...
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We Saw You at Library Breakfast

Date: 05 03 1958
Description: Mrs. Rozana Belodedich, Chicago, former director of the University of Belgrade Library School, spoke on "Libraries and Librarianship in Yugoslavia" at the ...
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First Meeting of Women Library Workers

Date: 01 19 1977
Description: Group portrait of attendees of the organizing meeting of the Wisconsin Women Library Workers. The meeting appears to be in someone's home. From left to rig...
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Laura Ingalls Wilder Historic Marker

Date: 09 16 1962
Description: Participants in the dedication ceremony of the Laura Ingalls Wilder historical marker in Pepin, Wilder's birthplace, included, from left to right, Miss Ele...

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