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Construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Building

Date: 10 11 1928
Description: View looking up Fairchild Street towards the Wisconsin Power and Light building, at 122 W. Washington Avenue, under construction, with a man working near a...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater, 216 State Street, under construction, looking east, showing the back sides of buildings along State Street.
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 12 26 1946
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking southwest from alley toward West Main Street with construction worker in unfinished ba...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 12 28 1946
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north with construction workers in unfinished basement. Also shows side of Wisconsin T...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 05 14 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across South Fairchild at scaffolding for first floor and second floors under co...
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Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company

Date: 07 19 1935
Description: Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, 312 Wisconsin Avenue. Original building was the former Joseph Boyd mansion. Contractor for the remodeling job was Fr...
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Construction near City Hall

Date: 1911
Description: East Water Street at Wisconsin Avenue. City Hall is in the background. At the left is the Waldheim and Company Department Store of 407-411 East Water Stree...
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Plankinton House

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the street and construction site outside of the Plankinton House hotel and various storefronts. Along the street and sidewalks are horse-d...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store.
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Elevated View of Clark Street

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o...
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Twine Mill Construction Site

Date: 1900
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...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View looking down toward construction workers moving a stone slab for the facade into place during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library at Far...
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View along street towards pedestrians on the left. On the right, below street level, are construction workers standing below street level near trucks and a...
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Glander Building, Construction

Date: 1914
Description: View of the construction site of the Glander Building on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washington Streets. A masonry crew is constructing the foundati...
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Glander Art Studio, Future Home

Date: 1914
Description: View across street towards a group of children standing in front of the Glander Building under construction on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washingto...
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Findorff Construction Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Construction site of the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Office Building & Bus Station. The address of the bus station was 122 West Washington Avenue, but th...

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