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Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, during construction. Details of interior, including ceiling and arches.
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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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Construction Workers

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Description: Construction workers on the job, with horse-drawn wagons in the background.
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Viking Lumber Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Viking Lumber Company of Wittenberg, Wisconsin, with a circular trademark, printed in red ink, of a figure with a moustache and beard, wear...
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Construction Crew and Observers

Date: 1911
Description: Construction crew and observers standing on a scaffold. Trees, a wooden tripod with a block and tackle and the roof of a house are visible in the backgroun...
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Group of Men Posed at Construction Site

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Description: Men posed standing at the construction site. They are probably laying the foundation of a building. A small wooden building in the background has a poster ...
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Construction Work at Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Several men are standing and sitting around a construction site at International Harvester's Osborne Works. Lumber is stacked in the yard, and in the backg...
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Construction Work at the Osborne Works

Date: 1910
Description: Four men are lifting a large piece of beam during the construction of a factory building, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There is ...
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Worker Resting Against Cart

Date: 08 15 1911
Description: A man dressed in light overalls and a stripped button-up shirt is leaning against a cart in a factory yard at International Harvester's Osborne Works (late...
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Factory Worker Standing in Osborne Works Yard

Date: 05 25 1912
Description: A man dressed in work clothes and an apron stands in a factory yard at International Harvester's Osborne Works (later known as Auburn Works). Behind the ma...
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Travelling "de luxe" in Russia, by Horse-Drawn Sled

Date: 1918
Description: Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in heavy fur clothing, laying in a sled with a horse harnessed and ready ...
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Looking West from Barber Shop

Date: 1913
Description: View down Main Street of businesses along the right side. A young boy stands with a shovel near a pile of gravel near the barbershop, which has a barber's ...
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Building a Sailboat

Date: 01 02 1928
Description: John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee...
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Group Portrait of Staff of Starck Manufacturing Company

Date: 1895
Description: Indoor group portrait of male employees at the Starck Manufacturing Company. Caption reads: "In 1893, Mr. John H. Findorff became a member of the Starck Mf...
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Three Men Posing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Three men are posing in front of construction materials. The man on the left is holding a hand drill, the man in the center is holding a long saw, and the ...
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Foundation

Date: 1905
Description: Two men holding trowels are standing on an improvised scaffold made of wooden kegs and planks while working on a cement block foundation wall. Two other me...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd of men, women and children are posing on the beams and floor of a new barn on the Frank von der Sump farm. The barn has a stone foundation. A porti...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1905
Description: A crowd of men, women and children are posing on the beams and floor of a new barn on the Frank von der Sump farm. The barn has a stone foundation. A porti...
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Man Making Split Shingles at Walnut Grove

Date: 02 07 1938
Description: Two men working outdoors making split shingles.

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