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Frank Lloyd Wright on the Building Site

Date: 1936
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright conferring with another man on the site of one of his great designs, the Johnson Wax Building.
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Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
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Barn Raising

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Description: A work crew raising the bents of a barn framing system using pike poles. A valley is in the background beyond the hill where the barn is being constructed.
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Installing a Top Plate for a Barn

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Description: Dahl took a series of pictures of barn raisings, one of many community activities he photographed. Here the crew is installing a top plate on the side wall...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: A group of workmen posing in front of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. This is one of two "work days" the men donated to the ...
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Unitarian Meeting House Work Day

Date: 09 29 1950
Description: A group of skilled workmen in front of the First Unitarian Society meeting house on one of the work days they donated to the project. The building was desi...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

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Description: Workers erecting scaffolding outside the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and the...
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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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Silo Under Construction

Date: 1900
Description: Three men pose next to a silo that is under construction, with wood scaffolding around it.
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Construction of City Hall

Date: 1888
Description: View across unpaved road towards construction workers at the site of the new city hall. William Waters, architect.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Team of horses powering a winch and moving a frame building. Before the flood of 1911, moving the Express building from the northeast corner of Main and Se...
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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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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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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Blackhawk Ski Jump

Date: 12 18 1950
Description: A man prepares to hoist a plank into place during construction of the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump in anticipation for the second annual jumping meet at Tom...
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Cook & Bunk House Under Construction

Date: 09 10 1910
Description: Men work on a partially finished cabin in the woods. Snow-covered tree trunks litter the clearing around the cabin. The cabin is being built in conjunction...
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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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