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International Auto Wagon Bookmobile

Date: 1913
Description: An International Auto Wagon with a rear compartment containing shelves of books is parked outside a library. A man is sitting in the driver's seat, and a ...
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Painters in Library Reading Room

Date: 1923
Description: Men in work clothes stand on scaffolding in the library reading room of the Wisconsin Historical Society. Desks below are covered with drop cloths. The rea...
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Applying Shingles

Date: 10 1983
Description: "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department...
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University Women's Tea

Date: 09 25 1957
Description: Mary McHugh; Marion Ludden; and Alice Wood, editor of the AAUW Bulletin, enjoy tea in the College Club library.
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Madison Free Library Bookmobile

Date: 02 09 1954
Description: Alice Volker, a city librarian, boarding the library's bookmobile to start the day's rounds. The bookmobile is an outfitted bus.
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Hawthorne Branch Library Remodeling

Date: 03 26 1958
Description: Remodeling is underway for the new Hawthorne Branch Library at 2041 Atwood Avenue. This library location replaced the Williamson Street branch library and ...
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Dane County Bookmobile Interior

Date: 01 30 1995
Description: Cathy Surprise (Chambers) assists a male patron (possibly Rod Clark) in the Dane County Library Service Bookmobile.

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