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Beloit Public Library
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Photographic copy of an artist's rendering of an exterior view of the Beloit Public Library. Of note is the following above the main entrance: "Carnegie Public Library." This differs from photographs of the library, which read: "Beloit Public Library." On the reverse of the cardboard backing it reads, "Copelin, Chicago, 308-316 Dearborn Street, Photographs for Advertising Purposes and for Commercial Travelers. Freight Elevator, 51 Custom House Place. Tel. Harrison 319."
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Waupun Public Library
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