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| Description: | Barn raising. The foundation is constructed from local fieldstone or "pudding stone," found in the nearby fields. A large group of men are is posing holdin... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View looking down at workers at work below street level, with cranes and International trucks excavating area for the future New York City subway. On the r... |
| Date: | 08 19 1925 |
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| Description: | Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below s... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | The construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. This is a view of the North and South Wings and the dome of the Third Wisconsin State Cap... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the crew that constructed the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. The new East Wing is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 09 07 1930 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building at 1513 University Avenue under construction. Men are working on the steel framework. A mas... |
| Date: | 10 22 1929 |
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| Description: | Workers posing on the balcony of the State Bank of Wisconsin addition under construction, 1 West Main Street. |
| Date: | 08 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Steam shovel operators excavate for the construction of the Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium boiler house at 1202 Northport Drive. |
| Date: | 04 03 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking north with steam shovel. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. Johnson Street, and Holy ... |
| Date: | 10 1869 |
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| Description: | The second Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction, showing the workmen and the equipment they used to hoist construction materials into place. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Tapered columns in the Johnson Wax Building during construction. Workmen are working on scaffolding built around one of the columns. The building was desig... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Workers working on the construction of the drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex used by the Taliesin Fellowship. The Romeo and Juliet windmil... |
| 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: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Two stone cutters (probably Italian) working on decorative details over the east entrance during the construction of the State Historical Society of Wiscon... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Two construction workers with hard hats at the World Trade Center. |
| Date: | 10 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the City County Building under construction. Automobiles are parked in the street and a truck with a semi-trailer is parked in front of a ... |
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| Description: | Workers pose on the frame of a barn they are building. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building. |
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