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Decoration Day at the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1908
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 ...
Photograph

Wisconsin Rotunda at World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Construction begins of the Wisconsin Rotunda at the New York World's Fair. Principals of the project are standing in a group, and include Michael Pender, W...
Photograph

Winther Motor Company, Factory Product

Date: 1921
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...
Photograph

Construction of the Manitowoc County Courthouse

Date: 1907
Description: Exterior view of construction on the building. There are gentleman standing on the iron framework of the dome. The dome originally was encased in glass, an...
Photograph

View Up King Street of the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1911
Description: A view looking up King Street from Butler Street toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. It appears there is work being done on the dome.
Photograph

Findorff Company Group Portrait

Date: 1906
Description: Outdoor group portrait of men posing in front of a building. Caption reads: "Back — (left to right) — C. Gruendler, W. Jonker, M. Mossino, A Kraft, C. McCl...
Photograph

Findorff Mill Fire

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the damage from the fire. Burned logs are in the foreground, and pieces of burned and broken machinery is among the broken foundation. Men...
Photograph

Findorff Temporary Headquarters After Fire

Date: 1909
Description: Group portrait of men posing in front of a tent set up outdoors as temporary headquarters for Findorff after a fire. Caption reads: "After the destruction ...
Photograph

After the Fire

Date: 06 01 1909
Description: Findorff staff carrying on the business in the tent after the fire.
Photograph

J.H. Findroff with Hammer

Date: 06 04 1914
Description: Three men are working on the top of a building, putting a wooden structure on top of a brick wall. Stacks of lumber are in the foreground. The top of a bri...
Photograph

Morning After the Fire

Date: 05 13 1909
Description: View across field towards buildings smoking after the fire. Men are standing on and around stacks of lumber. Caption reads: "The Morning After the Fire."
Photograph

Group Portrait at Capital City Flour Mill

Date: 05 24 1904
Description: J.H. Findorff bought the Capital City Flour Mill which had been built by Dow and Sons. Caption reads: "On May 24, 1904 J.H. Findorff bought the Capital Cit...
Historical Object

J.J. Findorff & Sons

Date: 1914
Description: Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company...
Poster

Exigimos Solucion a Nuestras Demandas!!!

Date: 01 1988
Description: Poster calling for "a solution to our demands" on behalf of construction workers in El Salvador. The poster warns "or we will not lay any more bricks" and ...

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