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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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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Applying Shingles

Date: 10 1983
Description: "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department...
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Applying Shingles

Date: 10 1983
Description: "High over the rooftops of Theresa, Jim Polster and son, Kieth, have the scary job of applying new shingles on the building that houses the fire department...
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St. Peter's Church Steeple

Date: 05 1984
Description: "Workers do steeple repair on St. Peter's Church."
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Steeplejack at Work

Date: 05 1984
Description: A steeplejack works on St. Peters Lutheran Church.
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Repairing a Damaged Road

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Description: Repair work on a stone viaduct on a serpentine road on Mount Lovcen that had been damaged by the Montenegrins.
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Road Repair on Mount Lovcen

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Description: Repair work on Mount Lovcen to repair war damage. caused by the Montenegrans. Soldiers drilling into rock on the side of the mountains.
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Road Repair on Mount Lovcen

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Description: Repair work on Mount Lovcen to repair roads. Austrian troops using a rock crusher.

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