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| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a traveling library station. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A traveling library inside a general store. |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A traveling library station in the Saudvig home. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Booth at the Wisconsin State Fair promoting the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of front entrance, framed by two trees, of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carnegie Free Library." On t... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Appleton Free Public Library. There are reading tables, a librarian's desk, bookshelves, and a wicker chair. Two large light fixtures ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. The library opened in 1903 and Andrew Carnegie donated $15,000. Above the main entrance it reads: "Carn... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Baraboo Carnegie Free Library. There is a fireplace, bookshelves, display shelves, and reading tables with bentwood chairs. There are ... |
| Date: | 01 20 1958 |
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| Description: | S. Janice Kee (left), secretary of the Wisconsin Free Library commission, gives some suggestions to Russell L. Davis, the new library director in Utah. |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the front entrance of the Appleton Free Public Library and City Hall. Several children are posing on the entrance steps. The City and the ... |
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| Description: | Woman, probably a librarian, paging through a book from a crate stamped "Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Madison, Wis." Several other books are stacked ... |
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| Description: | Interior of the Baraboo Library Delivery Room. There is a large librarian's desk in the foreground, entrance doors on the left, and bookshelves and a read... |
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| Description: | Copy of architect's rendering of the exterior of the West Allis Public Library. The library was funded with a $15,000 gift from Andrew Carnegie. Upper righ... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Milwaukee Public Library. Note below the image reads: "Milwaukee Public Library, Delivery Room." There is a vaulted ceiling with skyli... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the last log schoolhouse in Weston with students and their teacher posing outside. |
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| Description: | Exterior view from road of the Sparta Public Library. Reverse of the cardboard backing reads: "Carnegie bldg., 1903, cost $12,000. Architects, Schick & Rot... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Interior view of traveling library station including a sign that reads "Chew Fame" and a wood burning stove. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Janesville Public Library. Among the room are reading tables, bentwood chairs, light fixtures hanging from the tall ceiling, and two c... |
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| Description: | Interior view of the Darlington Public Library. In the foreground is a librarian's desk, and a bench on the left. In the background in two separate rooms a... |
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