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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A wooden chair on casters sitting in front of a large office desk, possibly at an International Harvester branch house, dealership or factory. |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | A view of the interior in the new Madison Public Library when it was located in the city hall, West Mifflin Street. Two boys read at a table in the foregro... |
| Date: | 03 02 1954 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Frank J. Vaughn reads to 6-year-old Kenneth Lemmer, Jr. and 5-year-old Ann Lemmer while the children's grandmother, Kath B. Morrissey, works on an afg... |
| Date: | 03 22 1954 |
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| Description: | Mary Ann O'Loughlen sits at her desk in the State Office building where she is employed as a typist by the Traveling Library Department, Free Library Commi... |
| Date: | 1892 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 02 28 1978 |
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| Description: | "Library. Situated above the firehouse. Librarians Nancy Koll and Judy Scheirer estimate that they have about 5,000 books and periodicals." |
| Date: | 04 28 1956 |
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| Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Edgar Cockefair sit for a portrait while holding the book "The Story of You" that they authored. |
| Date: | 2008 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | View of the desktop of Frank Lloyd Wright's desk at Taliesin. There is a desk lamp, papers, reading eyeglasses, and some books. |
| Date: | 03 01 1957 |
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| Description: | Ann Griffith reads to Jamie Lou, age 4, and Terry, 1 year, daughters of Patrick and Ardus Stone. Ann Griffith is participating in the University of Wiscons... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Informal portrait of William Hesseltine, University of Wisconsin History Professor (1932-1963) and President of the Wisconsin State Historical Society (19... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Bookshelves in a law office, with a deer trophy mounted on the wall above. Below the shelves are chairs and a calendar for November 1901. |
| Date: | 01 09 1913 |
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| Description: | A man is lying in bed, covered to his chin in bedding and propped up by pillows. On the right side of the bed is a large bible and a rosary. The room is ri... |
| Date: | 07 1971 |
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| Description: | Bookcase in the second floor hallway outside the library of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin. The case contains 50 books that were part of the ori... |
| Date: | 07 14 1943 |
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| Description: | Colonel B. Tormey, Chief Censor — Southwest Pacific Area, sits in his well-lighted office at Camp Cable, near Brisbane, Australia. Robert Doyle's articles ... |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 1969 |
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| Description: | A photo shoot for David R. Obey's first campaign for Congress picturing him as assistant majority leader with Majority Leader Bob Huber (partially obscured... |
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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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| Description: | For any master line drawn fine enough or spoken well let us call all professionals to wear the laurel and deck the Halls of Fame |
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| Description: | Color postcard of interior view of the office the Dewey Home featuring the desk and bookshelves. |
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