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| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | Adolescent schoolgirl Miss Genivieve Graves seems to be daydreaming at her school desk. |
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| Description: | A stonecutter, a cooper or smith (identified by the tools of their trade) and a girl with a pail are standing on the left in contrast to a group of ladies ... |
| Date: | 02 26 1963 |
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| Description: | Four students sit around one flip-top desk to read and work math problems. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Young man studying at a table in the library stacks of the Wisconsin Historical Society library. |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a husband, wife and two daughters, whose dresses are of different designs but made of the same plaid fabric. They are posed in front of a... |
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| Description: | An outdoor portrait of a young man standing near a porch. He is resting his hand on a book on a table. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A group of children, boys and girls, reading at tables in a sunny reading room in the public library. When it opened in 1938, the Library had a seating cap... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 02 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Three Central High School students gather at a table to study for final semester exams. A women's pair of ice skates are on the table. They are, from left,... |
| Date: | 04 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Barbara North of 1003 Jenifer Street, the spelling champion of the Madison Lutheran School, sits at a desk while reading a newspaper. A dictionary lies ope... |
| Date: | 01 28 1900 |
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| Description: | Syl sleeping on a high-backed, upholstered, carved wood settee. Framed pictures are on the wall above him. Nearby is a mirror and leather bound books. |
| Date: | 01 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Madison General Hospital Auxiliary volunteer worker Mabel Lewis reading to Billy McCord, patient. |
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| Description: | A view of a boy and a girl clad in "costumes worn by brothers and sisters". The boy on the left is holding a Bible in his left hand. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A young woman, possibly Idelle Strelow, poses sitting on a chair and holding a book. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of Forest Middleton reading while lying on his bed with the family dog, Tootsie, beside him. There is a full bookcase behind the bed,... |
| Date: | 06 11 1920 |
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| Description: | Four young boys walking on a dirt road in rural Cook County on their way to school. All are dressed similarly. Two older girls are also seen walking closel... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Children and young adults read in the public library. The boy facing the camera is barefoot. Bookshelves line the walls; prints and photographs are also on... |
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| Description: | Three people are posing in front of the entrance to a log house with a frame board addition. On the left a young woman is holding an open umbrella to block... |
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| Description: | Sixth plate daguerreotype portrait of Celestia Mills. Miss Mills is seated with one arm resting on a table, and holding an open book with her other hand. M... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Family holiday scene in a living room or parlor. A Christmas tree is perched on a table in the center of the image. It is trimmed with tinsel garland, shin... |
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