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Construction Tractor

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Description: View of a man using an International Diesel TD 24 crawler tractor (TracTractor) to haul logs.
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Construction of City-County Building

Date: 10 24 1955
Description: Elevated view of the City County Building under construction. Automobiles are parked in the street and a truck with a semi-trailer is parked in front of a ...
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Nelson Dewey State Park

Date: 1958
Description: Nelson Dewey State Park (Cassville vicinity). Bridge construction near the park office which was built in the 1850s as a chicken house. The park was establ...
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Walking Dredge

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Description: View across grass towards men, boys, and girl posing on top of a walking dredge.
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Men Working at Dam

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Description: Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam.
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Construction of Badger Outdoor Theater Screen

Date: 08 1948
Description: Scaffolding set up for the construction of a screen for the Badger Outdoor Theater. The photograph was taken for the Safway Steel Scaffolds Company, 940 Wi...
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Blied Building with Sidewalk Scaffolding

Date: 10 02 1948
Description: Inside view of the wood scaffolding built over the sidewalk along the South Carroll Street side of the Blied Building, 29 West Main Street. The scaffolding...
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New Well on Spaanem Avenue

Date: 03 23 1950
Description: A large steel cylinder-shaped water reservoir stands above a drilled well with a tall construction crane behind it. The well under construction is Unit #9 ...
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Construction of New Seats at Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 06 30 1950
Description: Elevated view of construction of new concrete bleachers at the north end of Camp Randall Stadium.
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Construction of a Building Foundation

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Description: Four men in the foreground are posing standing with shovels in a large hole in the ground. In the background behind a wall, men are working near cars along...
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Raising the Statue "Wisconsin"

Date: 07 1914
Description: Raising the statue "Wisconsin" to the top of the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol building.
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Summer Construction

Date: 08 17 1958
Description: Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba...
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View from the Top

Date: 1965
Description: Overhead view looking down from a tall building at passing traffic and workmen on suspended scaffolding near the sidewalk.
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Schoelkopf Automobile Dealership During Expansion

Date: 1921
Description: Elevated view from across street of the construction to expand the Schoelkopf building at 210-216 E. Washington Avenue. Men from the construction company a...
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Man Operating TD-25

Date: 1972
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man operating a TD-25 behind a Pay Scraper. Caledonia, Inc., has contract to construct a section of Interstate I-91.
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Men Operating Pay Haulers

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Description: Men driving Pay Haulers on a road at the base of a cliff. In the background is a tall arch cut through the rock of the cliff.
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Man Operating TD-25

Date: 1972
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man operating a TD-25 on the side of a hill. There is a valley in the background. Vecellio and Grogan, Inc., workin...
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Men Operating International PH-140 Pay Haulers and Hough 560 Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Man operating a Pay Loader to load a Pay Hauler. Other men are working on top of the hill being excavated. D.B. Hill contractors have contract to reconstru...

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