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Steeplejacks Repointing Chimney

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Steeplejacks Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, in the cap, repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. The photograph was...
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Steeplejacks Repointing Chimney

Date: 08 05 1931
Description: Close-up of Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, wearing the cap, steeplejacks repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. P...
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E.B. Fred Hall

Date: 1954
Description: E.B. Fred Hall, the first home of the bacteriology department, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A person is shoveling dirt in front of the bu...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Farmer's Harvest

Date: 1895
Description: Farmer standing in a field between two large piles of root vegetables. Possibly on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus experimental farm.
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Wisconsin Historical Society Renovation in Progress

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of construction of the T-shaped addition on the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters Building, from Science Hall looking southeast. Vehi...
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Bascom Hill Burial Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o...
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Civilian Conservation Corps 2670th Company Trucks

Date: 1935
Description: A row of trucks are parked in a lot with trees in the background. The caption identifies the trucks as belonging to CCC 2670, the Madison-based 2670th Comp...
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New Headquarters of the Forest Products Research Society at 1 Walnut Street

Date: 06 12 1958
Description: The new headquarters of the Forest Products Research Society located at 1 Walnut Street.

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