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Installing Rock Wool Insulation

Date: 11 21 1936
Description: Three men on scaffolding are installing Capitol Rock Wool insulation, from a R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Inc. truck into a house at 616 N. Carroll Street.
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State Office Building

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: Basement of State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, facing towards Wilson Street.
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 07 10 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction, with three men with a steam shovel clearing trees. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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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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Mowing a Steep Slope

Date: 06 26 1959
Description: Richard Brachman, an engineer, demonstrates his solution for the problem of mowing the grass on a steep slope near his home. He removed the handles of his ...
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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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