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Rhinelander Public Library
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Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. There is a portrait of Abraham Lincoln hanging over a fireplace, bookshelves are along a back wall. Reading tables and bentwood chairs are in the foreground. A second room with a large librarian's desk and card catalog is on the left beyond a carved column in an archway.
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Rhinelander Public Library
Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. In the foreground are reading tables with reading lamps and bentwood c...
Rhinelander Public Library
Interior view of the Rhinelander Public Library. The library opened in 1904 funded with a $15,000 donation by Andrew Carnegie. Several shelves are labeled, including: "New Books," "Fiction," "Seven...
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Interior view of the Hudson Public Library. The library opened in 1904 and was funded by Andrew Carnegie with a gift of $12,000. In the foreground is a large librarian's desk, a card catalog, and b...
