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Frank Lloyd Wright Monitoring Building Site

Date: 1937
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, monitoring the construction and testing of load-bearing pylons for the Johnson Wax Building.
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200 Block of State Street from West Johnson Street

Date: 1913
Description: View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i...
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Fourth State Capitol under Construction

Date: 1912
Description: Wisconsin State Capitol (fourth capitol, third in Madison) under construction. View from South Hamilton Street.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Under Construction

Date: 1911
Description: The Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madison, 1906 - ) dome under construction.
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Wisconsin State Capitol under Construction

Date: 1911
Description: View of the construction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Music Hall Demolition

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished brick building.
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Music Hall Wreck with Ladder

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble.
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Stanley, Wisconsin

Date: 1889
Description: Stereograph view of a construction scene in Stanley.
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Tower Foundation

Date: 1898
Description: View from water tower, showing the grove where Black Hawk's pursuers were supposed to have camped in 1832. The group of men in the foreground are digging f...
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Rice Lake

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of Rice Lake. A partially constructed building is in the right foreground. Unpaved roads and a sidewalk lead to commercial buildings and dwel...
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Rhinelander First National Bank

Date: 08 1911
Description: Exterior view of First National Bank under construction.
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Lincoln School

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of the Lincoln School as it approached its completion. Scaffolding is on the roof.
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Interstate Bridge Framework

Date: 1961
Description: View taken from below of the Interstate Highway I-535 bridge during construction.
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Power House

Date: 1906
Description: Power house during construction.
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Bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park

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Description: An interior view of partially-built dressing court, showing men working at roughing in plumbing to floor drains of the bathhouse at Devil's Lake State Park...
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House of Tomorrow Detail

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Description: A construction detail in the House of Tomorrow showing the red top floor joists in place. Two men wearing hats are on the structure with their backs to the...
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House of Tomorrow Detail

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Description: Construction detail of the House of Tomorrow showing the floor slab poured.
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House of Tomorrow Structural System

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Description: View of the basic skeletal structure system of the House of Tomorrow.
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Elephant Butte Dam Site

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Description: Elevated view of the camp and valley of the site of the Elephant Butte Dam near Truth or Consequences. There are buildings, roads, railroad tracks, and tra...
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Bates Home Under Construction

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Description: View of Daisy and L.C. Bates's house under construction.

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