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| Date: | 04 05 1919 |
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| Description: | Men working on a hillside retaining wall to "P tipple" of no. 2 mine. Railroad tracks and houses are below in the distance. Benham was a "company town" cre... |
| 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: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Two construction workers with hard hats at the World Trade Center. |
| 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: | 10 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction of the Coca Cola building at 3536 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. |
| 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: | 09 18 1961 |
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| Description: | Several men constructinbg a movie set in a small, downtown area. |
| Date: | 07 21 1942 |
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| Description: | Men pouring and smoothing cement on the construction site of the Ordnance Steel Foundry Company. The Foundry may have served as part of International Harve... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | A man is standing at the back of an International truck holding a small chest or case. Behind him a group of construction workers are working near the scaf... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | A man standing near the bed of an International Model M truck at a construction site. Behind him a group of construction workers are working near scaffoldi... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W... |
| Date: | 05 03 1892 |
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| Description: | Tree planting ceremony on the Wooded Island during construction of the Columbian Exposition in Jackson Park. Standing to the left of the tree wrapped with ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of workers during construction of a paper mill. |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of workers building the new Episcopal Church. Workers in hats and overalls, and holding shovels, are standing among scaffolding,... |
| Date: | 12 30 1964 |
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| Description: | One of 36 new apartments at the Truax Field Madison public housing site. It is one of four public housing sites in Madison providing 160 units for those el... |
| Date: | 08 23 1928 |
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| Description: | View towards a truck parked near a house, with a man sitting in the driver's seat. The side yard is a construction site. A man is working in the yard among... |
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