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| Date: | 04 02 1927 |
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| Description: | View of the early construction of the Capitol Theatre showing the steel frame of the building. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | The west wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol on Decoration Day. The steep slope of the western side of the park delayed the construction of the east ... |
| Date: | 08 25 1967 |
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| Description: | Construction workers enjoying a beer after pouring concrete for a bridge structure. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a twine Mill under construction at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was owned by the McCormick Harvesting Machine company before 19... |
| Date: | 07 18 1935 |
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| Description: | New Farmer's Mutual (now American Family) building at 312 Wisconsin Avenue under construction. Signboards in front read, in part: "New Home for Farmers Mut... |
| Date: | 06 20 1933 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eleven workers installing Plibrico Jointless Firebrick in front of a steam locomotive parked beside Fauerbach Brewery and used to provide... |
| Date: | 06 20 1933 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of eleven workers installing Plibrico Jointless Firebrick in front of a railroad steam locomotive parked beside Fauerbach Brewery. This was ... |
| Date: | 10 22 1929 |
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| Description: | Workmen inside a new corridor addition under construction in the State Bank of Wisconsin, 1 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Men using a McCormick-Deering TracTractor (crawler tractor) on a construction project, possibly a tunnel. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Detail of the framework of the World Trade Center during construction. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | The top portion of construction on the World Trade Center, looking past a street lamp post and up into the network of cranes and metal. |
| Date: | 02 13 1953 |
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| Description: | Modern Distributors, Inc., 1818 South Park, view of office display of samples of house shingles and siding. |
| Date: | 08 31 1954 |
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| Description: | Kitchen sink and cabinets installation by Monona Manufacturing and Supply Company, 4709 Monona Drive. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A construction site with a truck manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company. A forty foot boom is mounted on the truck. Workers are positioning a stee... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Quarter-length studio portrait of Emanuel L. Philipp, Milwaukee builder. |
| Date: | 12 13 1949 |
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| Description: | View of a house in the Crestwood neighborhood built by Jack Threlfall in a Madison shop and assembled on site. A sign in the front yard reads: "For Sale An... |
| Date: | 03 08 1950 |
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| Description: | Three men from the Madison Builders Association gather to look at notice informing the men that their organization is the fastest growing of its kind in th... |
| Date: | 03 13 1950 |
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| Description: | A familiar sight around Madison is workers framing in houses. Two workers are working on a roof and dormer. |
| Date: | 03 22 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the John and Gertrude house at 4314 Keating Terrace, built by the Bewick Building Company. The company headquarters were located at 101 Va... |
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