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Historical Library Reading Room

Date: 1955
Description: View of the Historical Society Library Reading Room taken from the Visitors Gallery. Although undated, the photograph was probably taken shortly after the...
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Thordarson Library with Fireplace

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library featuring a massive fireplace with two men posing on either side of it. The building is of stone, with arched windo...
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Thordarson Library with Chandelier

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Description: Interior view of the Thordarson library with bookcases and a spectacular chandelier with buffalo horns. The building is of stone, with arched windows.
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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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Library at Doctor's Hospital

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Description: Interior of the library at the Doctor's Hospital, founded by Theodore Atlas in the early 1900's. The view includes a table and chairs with a fireplace and...
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Madison Public Library, New Jersey

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Description: Exterior of Madison Public Library in New Jersey, designed by Bringham and Adden and built in 1900. A path leads to an arched entryway, and a tower rises o...
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Library Reading Room

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Description: Interior of a library reading room. A man and two women sit at tables, reading. A door leads out of the room on the left, and windows have open transoms on...
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Library at Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Cooperative Village

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Description: Interior of the library at Amalgamated Clothing Workers' Cooperative Village, designed by the architects Springsteen & Goldhammer and completed in 1930. Ta...
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Library Reading Room at Holy Angels School

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Description: Interior of the library reading room at Holy Angels School, established in 1924. A piano stands against the left wall, and busts, figurines, and bookshelve...
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Brady Memorial Library at College of the Sacred Heart

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Description: Interior of Brady Memorial Library at College of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1841. Long tables and chairs are surrounded by bookshelves standing against t...
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Brady Memorial Library at College of the Sacred Heart

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Description: Interior of Brady Memorial Library at College of the Sacred Heart, founded in 1841. The view is from behind the reference desk and includes chairs, tables ...
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Clarion State Normal School

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Description: Interior of a library at Clarion State Normal School, established in 1873. Men and women read at tables and choose books from shelves.
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Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library

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Description: Interior of a small reading room at Collis P. Huntington Memorial Library, built in 1903. A woman sits at a reference desk on the left, and other people re...
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Slocum Hall at Ohio Wesleyan University

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Description: Interior of the library at Slocum Hall, built in 1898. Located on the campus of Ohio Wesleyan University, founded in 1842, the hall features an arcade and ...
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Library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines

Date: 1910
Description: Interior of the library at the School of the Brown County Ursulines, established by the Ursuline Sisters, founded in 1845. Bookshelves and windows line th...
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Carnegie Library

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Description: A walkway leads to the stairs at Carnegie Library's main entrance. The library was built in 1903 after the city received a Carnegie grant. Caption reads: "...
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Hillside Home Building

Date: 01 25 1913
Description: The first building built for the Hillside Home School, 4 miles from Spring Green. Exterior view of the Hillside Home Building, a shingle style building, de...
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United Nations Workshop

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Description: Five women are sitting and one man is standing in the Highlander Library. The UN Charter is displayed behind them.

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