Stephenson Library, Marinette, Wisconsin

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1926 Carnegie Library, Rice Lake, Wisconsin

In 1902, the library circulated 9,586 books and in 1919 it rose to 24,000. By 1932, circulation rose to 71,426, then increased slowly to the 1971 count of 75,173. In 1972, the board considered the renovation and modernization of the library, but found that was not feasible. The board looked at adding on to the west to preserve the library's architecture, but when the Erickson firm offered to sell its grocery store building at Main and Marshall Streets for $150,000, the board opted to make the move.

The city purchased the Erickson building and sold the Carnegie library to the adjacent Dairy State Bank. The old library was razed in the summer of 1985. The new library was dedicated in April of 1978.

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1908 Mabel Tainter Memorial Library, Menomonie, Wisconsin

[LIB0278] - The Mabel Tainter Theater, originally named the Mabel Tainter Memorial Building, is a historic landmark in Menomonie, Wisconsin, and is registered on the U.S. National Register of Historic Places. Read the Wikipedia article here.

1910 Public Library, Fond Du Lac, Wisconsin

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Public Library, Waupun, Wisconsin

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The Waupun Library Association survived until 1904 when the City of Waupun established the Waupun Public Library, making the Waupun Public Library one of only three public libraries in the state of Wisconsin that can trace a continuous line back to the city's library association (the other two libraries in this category are the Milwaukee and Madison public libraries). It was in that year that construction began on the Waupun Public Library building.

Library service continued in this building until 1968, when construction was completed and opening ceremonies conducted on the current library building. In 1998, an addition to the current building was completed to increase the amount of space for the growing collection. (The Carnegie building is now home to the Waupun Heritage Museum.) [Thanks to the Waupun Public Library!]

State Historical Library and Museum, Madison, WI

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The State Historical Society of Wisconsin, organized in the early part of 1849, i.e., scarcely one year after Wisconsin became a state, is exceptionally well equipped with printed and manuscript colonial records and government documents, state and federal, with United States newspapers, biographical material and reports concerning American travel, e.g., the Jesuit relations. [Thanks to the School of Pharmacy, University of Wisconsin, Madison, cms.pharmacy.wisc.edu]

1907 Carnegie Library, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Green Bay received its Carnegie grant in 1901.

Repro Library, Appleton, Wisconsin

Public Library, Appleton, Wisconsin, c1905 Vintage by markomundo

Library, Appleton, Wisconsin Coffee Mug

Public Library, Appleton, Wisconsin, c1905 Vintage by markomundo
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Public Library, Appleton, WI

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The City of Appleton constructed its first municipal building at 121 S. Oneida Street for a total of $25,000. The building, dedicated March 28, 1900, housed the Library on the main floor and City Hall on the second. In 1939, the city offices moved out, giving the Library much-needed space. Eventually, after the State condemned part of the building, an extensive remodeling project was undertaken in 1954. [Thanks to the APL, www.apl.org]

1908 Public Library, Wauwatosa, Wisconsin

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Built in 1886 by the citizens of Wauwatosa. Title: Some Wisconsin library buildings, Wisconsin Free Library Commission, Publisher: Wisconsin Free Library Commission, 1904

1907 Library, Green Bay, Wisconsin

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Public Library, Richland Center, Wisconsin

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The Richland County History Room is located upstairs in the North end of the Brewer Public Library in Richland Center, Wisconsin.

Public Library, Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin

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1907 Simmons Memorial Library, Kenosha, WI

E. C. Kropp publisher, no. 1546

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1958 Library MILWAUKEE WI

View from the Court of Honor looking east on Wisconsin Ave., showing the Library and Museum Building in the foreground.

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1912 Public Library MADISON WISCONSIN

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1906 Carnegie Library, GREEN BAY WISCONSIN

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1961 Public Library ANTIGO WISCONSIN

"One of the oldesty constructions in the city of Antigo built in 1904, which houses 32,000 volumes."

Antigo Public Library Website

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1905 Public Library FOND DU LAC WI

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Amazon Link: Fond Du Lac County Historical Society