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Chippewa Falls Library

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Description: Interior view of the Chippewa Falls Library. There is a large open area with a librarian's desk with card trays on the right. A card catalog is in the spac...
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Chippewa Falls Library

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Description: Interior view of the Chippewa Falls Library. In the foreground are reading tables and chairs. Bookshelves line the room. A large card catalog is in the spa...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. To the left of the photograph is a po...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. In the room are reading tables, two carved wood columns, a fireplace, bookshelves, and a nine-drawer card...
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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Library opened in 1913 with a gift of $12,500 from Andrew Carnegie. In the room are reading tables, books...
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Superior Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Superior Public Library. One doorway frames a woman (librarian?) working at an eight-sided librarian's desk. A picture of Andrew Carne...
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Derleth Autographing Books

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth (center) autographing copies of his book, Sac Prairie People. The other individuals in the photograph are not known....
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Derleth and Arkham House Press

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Description: Wisconsin writer August Derleth examining the stock of the Arkham House press. He established it in Sauk City to publish in hard cover the works of H.P. Lo...
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Portrait of E.E. Manuel

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of E.E. Manuel, Superintendent of the Winnebago County Asylum. Manuel is seated at a desk with his head in profile while looking out the window. H...
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E.E. Manuel Working at His Desk

Date: 1930
Description: Portrait of E.E. Manuel, Superintendent of the Winnebago County Asylum sitting at his desk with a ledger in front of him. In the background is a typewriter...
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Pennington Seminary

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Description: A view of the headmaster's office at Pennington Seminary. Bookcases and chairs line the walls, and a desk sits in the middle of the room. Framed photograph...
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Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath

Date: 1892
Description: Victor L. Berger and Frederick Heath in Berger's room on Reed Street near Greenfield Avenue. Victor Berger was a founding member of the Socialist Party of ...
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Northwestern Lithographing Co. Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Northwestern Lithographing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, art lithographers, publishers, and engravers, with a standing female figure in ...
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Laird's Office

Date: 2008
Description: Former Wisconsin congressman and defense secretary Melvin Laird seated at the replica of his former offices built by the Marshfield Clinic as part of the L...
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William Best Hesseltine

Date: 1960
Description: Informal portrait of William Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin History Professor (1932-1963) and President of the Wisconsin State Historical Society (19...
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Cliff Lord with the Cudahy Papers

Date: 05 1953
Description: Dr. Clifford L. Lord posed standing examining large bound volumes from the Cudahy papers in the collections of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin.
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Henry C. and Johanna Knab Koch

Date: 1867
Description: Henry C. Koch and his wife, Johanna Knab Koch, pose for a formal studio portrait. Henry C. Koch was a German born architect that designed many Wisconsin sc...
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Robert Doyle Reading

Date: 1944
Description: Robert Doyle as he reads and writes indoors. He is wearing a bracelet (perhaps an ID) on his right wrist, and is holding a cigarette. Another man sitting b...
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Eydie V. Watts

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Description: Photograph of Eydie V. Watts, member of the Milwaukee City Civil Service Commssion. Ms. Watts sits at her desk in an office. She is wearing a dress or blou...
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An Evening with Chicago's Book People Menu

Date: 11 29 1944
Description: Back and front covers and inside menu listing, of a die cut three-quarter view of a cloth-bound book with an inset title plate, and a guest list with a few...

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