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| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Young children reading at the library. A librarian works near the circulation desk in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap... |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Interior of Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. The view includes the Reference Room, Information Desk, and Return Window with three libraria... |
| Date: | 11 15 1945 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of interior of the Madison Public Library, 206 North Carroll Street. Margaret Nordholm, on the left, and Emma Bryan on the right are standing... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | The Historical Society Library delivery desk and librarians Mary S. Foster, Esther DeBoos, and Edna C. Adams, 1912. At the time, patrons and students were... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Prominent elements are reading tables, librarian's desk, bookshelves. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A librarian checks out a book to a young girl, while other children sit at tables reading in the background. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seat... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A group of children sit at tables in a library reading books and magazines while a librarian looks on from her circulation desk. When it opened in 1938, th... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library. The library opened in 1900 and was funded with a gift of $150,000 from G.M. Simmons. Through a larg... |
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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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| 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... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | View of Wisconsin Historical Society librarians filing catalog cards. This image is undated, but it was probably taken during the 1970s. |
| 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: | 06 10 1965 |
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| Description: | Three librarians are sitting at desks in one of the workrooms in the new Madison Public Library at 201 West Mifflin Street. The librarians are Ann Davison,... |
| Date: | 06 10 1965 |
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| Description: | The young adult section of the new Madison Public Library at 201 West Mifflin Street. Librarians Virginia Stavn and Marilee Foglesong are working in the ba... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View of group of construction workers lifting stonework into place with a large wooden structure supporting a winch and pulley system during the during the... |
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