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Kitchen and Dining Rooms at Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Newly construced kitchen and dining rooms at the construction camp for the dam on the Wisconsin River. The kitchen building has three ventilators on the ro...
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Dining Rooms and Kitchen at Construction Site of Power Dam

Date: 06 10 1911
Description: Dining rooms and kitchen at the camp on the construction site of the Prairie du Sac dam. Workers and children pose in front of the dining rooms; there are ...
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Crew at Power Dam Waiting for Dinner

Date: 05 31 1912
Description: Workmen posing outside the dining hall before dinner.
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High Water in Camp at Power Dam

Date: 10 12 1911
Description: High water has scattered timber pilings through the construction camp. The office is on the right; the smokestacks of the temporary power plant are behind ...
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Conduits for Switchboard in Power House

Date: 07 02 1913
Description: Workers pause while installing a maze of conduit for the switchboard in the power house. The construction camp is to the left.
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Construction Site of Dam

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Description: Men working around a small building near the construction site of a dam. Two men are standing on the roof. Houses and other buildings are on a hill in the ...
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Reinforcing Stream Bank

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Description: Rocks placed to control the flow of Dale Creek. A house is visible in the background. This picture was likely taken as a study of the water drainage in ear...
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House in Parklawn Subdivision — Middleton

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Advertising photograph for a home in the Parklawn subdivision. E.B.A. Sokoloski was the builder, and Roy A. Gannon acted as realtor.
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House in Olbrich Park Subdivision — Madison

Date: 02 22 1950
Description: Front view of a house to be used in an advertisement for home and subdivision development. The current address of this home is 3736 Sargent Street.
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Cook & Bunk House Under Construction

Date: 09 10 1910
Description: Men work on a partially finished cabin in the woods. Snow-covered tree trunks litter the clearing around the cabin. The cabin is being built in conjunction...
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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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Wisconsin Barbers Convention Committee

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Barbers Local #153 and Barbers Guild #23 joint committee to plan the annual convention of the Wisconsin Barber and Beauty Culture ...
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Prospect Street

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Description: View down Prospect Street, a dirt road, featuring the construction of a brick corner building. Two men look on from the steps of their home across the str...
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Nenana Native American Mission

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Description: View of a group portrait before a Nenana Mission in a phase of construction.
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Brittingham Redevelopment Plan Model

Date: 11 18 1958
Description: Madison library assistant Mrs. Ronald Labott, 313 S. Marquette Street, examines a model of the Brittingham redevelopment model. The "Triangle" redevelopmen...

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