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Historical Library Reading Room
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View of the Historical Society Library Reading Room taken from the Visitors Gallery. Although undated, the photograph was probably taken shortly after the completion of remodeling in 1955. During this remodeling many of the original mahogany tables were eliminated, linoleum tiles replaced the original cork flooring, and the addition of overhead fluorescent lighting ended the need for the original brass table lamps.
1955
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New Floors for the Historical Society Library Reading Room
1955
Construction work in the Historical Society Library Reading Room in preparation for installing linoleum floor tiles.
Library Reading Room
1955
A view of the Library Reading Room in 1955, after the modernization of the 1950s was complete. Most prominent is the division of the room into functional areas: bound newspaper were read on stand...
Modernization in SHSW Library
1955
Ceiling high scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room, with a man and a woman attempting to study at the tables in the foreground. The scaffolding was used to remove th...
Scaffolding in Historical Society Library Reading Room
1959
Scaffolding in the Historical Society Library Reading Room used to replace the art glass in the skylights and the original brass ceiling lights. Flourescent light fixtures already installed in the...
Library Staff and Service Desk
February 8, 1955
Library staff members at the new consolidated service desk in the Historical Society Library Reading Room. Microfilm cubicles have not yet been installed and the original light fixtures on the wal...
Modernization in the SHSW Library
February 8, 1955
Scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library Reading Room constructed for the replacement of the glass skylights and original light fixtures. One of the original light fixtures can be seen.
