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Frank Lloyd Wright Monitoring Building Site

Date: 1937
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, monitoring the construction and testing of load-bearing pylons for the Johnson Wax Building.
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Consulting Blueprints at an International Harvester Dealership

Date: 09 27 1937
Description: Two men consulting a set of plans as part of a store modernization project at an International Harvester dealership.
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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
Drawing

General Design for Thoroughfare System

Date: 1908
Description: Drawing of the general design for future constructional development of the thoroughfare system on the University of Wisconsin campus by the Architectural C...
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Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica...
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Music Hall Demolition

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished brick building.
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Music Hall Wreck with Ladder

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble.
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Fond du Lac Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of a large crowd of people on a construction site. There is a horse and carriage with the Fond du Lac Machine & Iron Works in the backgrou...
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Housing Project under Construction

Date: 03 1936
Description: Grouping of houses in the Greendale suburb of Milwaukee, which are shown during the construction phase.
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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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Camp Randall Under Construction

Date: 1930
Description: Camp Randall Stadium with Field House under construction.
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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
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Power House

Date: 1906
Description: Power house during construction.
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"A Century of Progress" International Harvester Building

Date: 1932
Description: Two men stand at the construction site for International Harvester's exhibit building at the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
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"A Century of Progress" Building

Date: 1932
Description: Interior view of the partially completed International Harvester exhibit building for the "A Century of Progress" world's fair in Chicago.
Drawing

Original Plan of State Office Building

Date: 1929
Description: A drawing of a State Office Building as originally proposed.
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Architect's Rendering of State Office Building

Date: 1929
Description: The state architect, Arthur Peabody's drawing of the proposed building plans of a State Office Building.
Drawing

Rendering of State Office Building

Date: 1929
Description: State architect, Arthur Peabody's rendition of the State Office Building at 1 West Wilson Street.
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Building at Highlander

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Description: Two men working on the construction of a building at Highlander Folk School.
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Milwaukee Voactional and Adult School

Date: 03 1953
Description: Elevated view of construction of the new building, at Sixth Street and Highland Avenue. The downtown can be seen in the background, including the Schlitz c...

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