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State Historical Library, Madison, WI, 1946

Subject
Libraries
Card type
Linen
Date
c. 1946 (Chrome)
Front of State Historical Library, Madison, WI, 1946, c. 1946 linen postcard
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Back of State Historical Library, Madison, WI, 1946, c. 1946 linen postcard
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The card shows the State Historical Library in Madison, Wisconsin, a long classical building of Indiana limestone with a colonnade of tall Ionic columns above a rusticated base. An American flag flies from a pole in front, and large shade trees frame the lawn and roadway. The building is the headquarters of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin, designed by Cass Gilbert and completed in 1900 on the university campus. Its reference library held about 300,000 volumes, described in the caption as one of the best in the United States, with nearly a million volumes for research and study and collections of historical mementoes.

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PublisherBishop Post Card Co.
117—State Historical Library, Madison, Wisconsin The State Historical Library contains a re- ference library of approximately 300,000 volumes, one of the best in the United States, and the building of Indiana limestone of Ionic design, has a total of nearly a million volumes for research and study, besides valuable collections of historical mementoes.
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Beverly BEUERLY

Beverly BEUERLY

Postcard record

PublisherBishop Post Card Co.
Series6B-H1977
ConditionVery good
Place depictedMadison, WI
Place mentionedIN
PublisherBishop Post Card Co., Racine, WI
NotesLinen-textured stock with a white border; Curt Teich production number 6B-H1977 printed at lower right. No postmark; unused card. Linen-textured divided back with white border; C.T. Art-Colortone imprint, Bishop Post Card Co., Racine, Wis. Faint pencil name "Beverly" and "BEUERLY" written in the address area. Light soiling/toning on buff stock.

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State Historical Library, Madison, WI, 1946, postcard, c. 1946. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/state-historical-library-madison-wi-1946. Accessed November 2, 2026.