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Tar Paper Shack at a Construction Site
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View looking up towards a small building standing at the top of a slope. Equipment and piles of building material surround the tar paper shack. Probably a tar paper shack at a construction site during the rebuilding after the flood of 1911.
Van Schaick, Charles
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Building Site in Vandrieul
Exterior view of several wooden buildings under construction in a field. Identified as Vandrieul, Wisconsin.
Men Working on Building
Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
Men Working on Building
Men working on the foundation of a building, possibly laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam.
Town Creek Construction; Wreck of Cars Hauling Sand
View of the aftermath of a wreck involving railroad cars hauling sand at the Town Creek construction site.
