Traveling library photographs, 1897.

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Traveling library photographs, 1897.

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Photographs of a traveling library box of ca. 25 volumes circulated by the Wisconsin Free Library Commission. Photographs show interiors and exteriors of schoolhouses, stores, farm houses, and post offices, primarily in communities in Dunn County, Wisconsin, where the traveling library was made available.

15 photographs (1 folder)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6923992

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin Free Library Commission

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The Free Library Commission was established in 1895. It existed as an independent state agency until 1965. In 1965 the Legislature transferred the functions, personnel and properties of the Free Library Commission to the jurisdiction of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction as the Division for Library Serices (WIHV85-A897) in the Department of Public Instruction (WIHV86-A116). The Free Library commission was originally established to acquire and circulate books ...