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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen demolishing the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Because the North Wing escaped damage during the fire in 1904, the North Wing cont... |
| Date: | 08 1907 |
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| Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
| Date: | 08 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Originally the Evangelical Association's Immanuel Church, 106 North Hamilton Street, which was converted into a waiting room for the Jackson Clinic shown t... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta... |
| Date: | 03 24 1983 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping showing the demolishing of the Long House. The man on the right is believed to be M.V. Adkins, son of Chester Adkins, the last survivor ... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is on the left. Three men are working... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | A worker operating an International T-20 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) with bulldozer on a pile during during a building excavation. |
| Date: | 06 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Carl Federman, foreman of the Allen Wrecking Company, standing on the truck being loaded with debris from the razing of the Democrat Printing Company build... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A group of men stand outside of the post office. There is a parked car at the curb. A building is being demolished and there is a pile of rubble in the str... |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Searl Cook i... |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Roscoe Biddi... |
| Date: | 09 04 1954 |
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| Description: | A member of Bashford Methodist Church, 15 North Seventh Street, tears down the house at 329 North Street where the new church will be located. Harold Bohms... |
| Date: | 1974 |
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| Description: | "Dismantling St. Theresa Catholic School." |
| Date: | 09 1994 |
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| Description: | "Les Beck displays a 1930s photograph of the garage that is being displaced by the present-day Theresa Cwik Mart." |
| Date: | 09 10 1997 |
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| Description: | "Dismantling Theresa's Water Tower." |
| Date: | 01 1999 |
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| Description: | Krueger's Empire Hotel, the building that stood on the South West corner of Milwaukee and Rock River streets, has been razed. |
| Date: | 04 23 1964 |
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| Description: | Demolition of the Sigma Chi Fraternity House on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The house was torn down to make way for the new Alumni House an... |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C... |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Two men are watching from a shady spot in Capitol Park as buildings are being demolished to make way for a J.C. Penney store. The photograph was taken with... |
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