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Sturgeon Bay Public Library

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Description: Interior view of the Sturgeon Bay Public Library. Prominent elements are reading tables, librarian's desk, bookshelves.
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Memorial Library under Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp...
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Summer Vacation Jobs for Youth

Date: 07 11 1949
Description: Joanne Togstad, a recent graduate of Edgewood High School, stands near the newspaper rack at her University of WIsconsin library summer job.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Office

Date: 1903
Description: The anteroom outside of Reuben G. Thwaites' Wisconsin Historical Society office.
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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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Librarian Checking Out Books to Young Girl

Date: 1938
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...
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Children Reading in Library with Librarian Looking On

Date: 1938
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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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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Gilbert M. Simmons Public Library

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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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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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Baker-Thomas Company Truck

Date: 1949
Description: An International Model KB-6-F truck used by Baker-Thomas Company parked near the front of a library building. Two men stand on the bed of the truck with st...
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Historical Society Staff

Date: 1996
Description: Color portrait from balcony of the Historical Society staff taken in the Library to illustrate the cover of a special issue of the Magazine of Wisconsin...
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Historical Society Staff

Date: 1996
Description: Color portrait of the Historical Society staff. This image is a humorous version with balloons of another image which was taken for the cover of a special ...
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Benton Wilcox with McCormick Collection

Date: 11 1951
Description: Benton H. Wilcox, Librarian of the State Historical Society, examining manuscript materials in the McCormick Collection, recently received at the Society.
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Replica of McCormick's First Reaper

Date: 11 1951
Description: State Historical Society employee Joyce Hancock examines a replica of Cyrus McCormick's first reaper.
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Scale Model of Cyrus McCormick's First Reaper

Date: 11 1951
Description: State Historical Society employee Joyce Hancock with a model of Cyrus McCormick's first reaper.

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