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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | View of the Johnson Wax Research and Development Tower under construction. |
| Date: | 05 01 1931 |
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| Description: | State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction. This is a side view, with two posters advertising: "10 Nights in a Barroom" at the Orpheum T... |
| Date: | 10 01 1929 |
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| Description: | State Bank of Wisconsin addition from the rear, 1 W. Main Street, under construction. "J.H. Kelly general contractor." |
| Date: | 09 04 1929 |
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| Description: | Addition to State Bank of Wisconsin under construction, with construction workers. 1 W. Main Street. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Construction of the Hillside, part of the Taliesin Complex. Building debris is piled in front of the building, probably material from the Hillside Home Sch... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Constuction workers working on the construction of the drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex. The roof trusses and stone walls are in place. C... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Construction of the Hillside drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex. The roof trusses are in place and the walls and window openings for the ap... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Partially erected trusses for the roof of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison First Unitarian Society congregation sorting stones to be used in the construction of the Meeting House. The building was designed b... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Profile view of a man dressed in a suit and wearing a hat. He is standing in front of a large picture window, which is reflecting the framework during cons... |
| Date: | 11 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction scene of the new Naval Armory in the 1000 block of East Washington Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 16 1962 |
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| Description: | A row of historical homes, once owned by Cornish miners. Purchased by Robert Neal, the house on the left is undergoing restoration. Mr. Neal has also resto... |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Construction on the new capitol building. A church is behind the construction. Plate 52 |
| Date: | 08 31 |
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| Description: | A mason at work is putting mortar on a brick. |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department... |
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| Description: | York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace. |
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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... |
| Date: | 08 12 1943 |
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| Description: | Three indigenous boys building a roof out of what appears to be palm fronds at Combat Team Headquarters on Kiriwina Island, in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea ... |
| Date: | 08 12 1943 |
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| Description: | An indigenous youth weaves roofing for military buildings on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). |
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