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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground. |
| Date: | 03 1953 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction of the new building, at Sixth Street and Highland Avenue. The downtown can be seen in the background, including the Schlitz c... |
| 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: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Men working on construction of dormitories on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Construction works are on top of a partially constructed frame an... |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Men work on what appears to be International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). |
| Date: | 1942 |
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| Description: | Construction site showing an additional to an International Harvester factory, probably the company's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. |
| Date: | 11 18 1937 |
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| Description: | Men inspect Indianapolis Works, then under construction. The original caption reads: "Photo taken during inspection of Indianapolis Truck Engine Works, the... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Men inspect the construction of International Harvester's Indianapolis Truck Engine Works. The original caption reads: "Photo taken during the inspection o... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Construction crew raising a brick building. The structure is entirely surrounded by scaffolding. A large stone piece is being hoisted into place while a wo... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A man loads gravel into the back of an International D-40 truck. The original photograph caption reads: "Removing overburden from Gravel Pit - D40 of 134" ... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A group of road repair trucks are parked in a paved parking lot at Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada. A man is standing near one of the trucks. The original c... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A man stands on the back of an International truck used by the Big Rock Stone & Material Company. The advertisement on the side of the truck features an il... |
| Date: | 10 31 1938 |
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| Description: | A man smoking a cigarette shovels what appears to be gravel onto the back of an International D-30 truck marked "City of Quincy" from a train car. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A man from the Material Transit Company drives an International D-50 dump truck to unload what appears to be gravel or rocks. There are houses on a hill in... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | An International K-8 truck and a Byers crane are used to lift a piece of wood in the construction of a U.S. Army building. The original caption reads: "Nat... |
| Date: | 10 27 1942 |
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| Description: | Stacks of lumber used in the construction of what is probably International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal (factory). The lumber is sitting on the gro... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di... |
| 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. |
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