State Historical Library, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1940

Subject: Libraries
Card type: Linen
Date: c. 1930 (White Border)

Back of State Historical Library, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1940, c. 1930 linen postcard — Back

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The card shows the Wisconsin State Historical Library, a long Neoclassical building with a colonnade of tall columns above a rusticated base, an American flag flying from a pole in front, and large shade trees flanking it across a broad 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 at Madison. It long served as both the society's library and its museum before the collections moved to a larger building in the 1950s.

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PublisherBishop Post Card Co.

117—State Historical Library, Madison, Wisconsin 6B-H1977 --- The State Historical Library contains a reference 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. BISHOP POST CARD CO., RACINE, WISCONSIN "C.T. ART-COLORTONE" REG. U.S. PAT. OFF. POST CARD PLACE ONE CENT STAMP HERE

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Publisher	Bishop Post Card Co.
Series	117
Condition	Very good
Place depicted	Madison, WI
Place mentioned	IN
Publisher	Bishop Post Card Co., Racine, WI
Notes	Linen-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" at top right; "BEUERLI" written in the address area. Light soiling/toning on buff stock.

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State Historical Library, Madison, Wisconsin, circa 1940, postcard, c. 1930. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/state-historical-library-madison-wisconsin-circa-1940-1930. Accessed October 24, 2026.