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Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
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Road Equipment

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, on display at Wisconsin Road ...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Dome under Construction

Date: 10 1869
Description: The second Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction, showing the workmen and the equipment they used to hoist construction materials into place.
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Johnson Wax Building

Date: 1935
Description: Interior of the two-story work space in the Johnson Wax Building during construction showing the tapered columns. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd ...
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Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: State Historical Society of Wisconsin, during construction. Details of interior, including ceiling and arches.
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Lincoln School

Date: 1890
Description: Exterior view of the Lincoln School as it approached its completion. Scaffolding is on the roof.
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Modernization in SHSW Library

Date: 1955
Description: Ceiling high scaffolding in the Wisconsin Historical Society Library reading room, with a man and a woman attempting to study at the tables in the foregrou...
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Construction Site Foundation

Date: 1969
Description: View of the cement and steel framework in the foundation of one of the buildings in the World Trade Center. Two men are working on a platform on the wall o...
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Church with Bell Tower

Date: 1969
Description: A church with a bell tower is in the foreground. The framework of one of the towers of the World Trade Center is in the background.
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Construction Worker and Steel Framework

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker wearing a yellow hard hat stands in the foreground. In the background is the steel framework of one of the The World Trade Center tow...
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Construction Detail of State Office Building

Date: 07 04 1962
Description: Facade detail on a State Office building being constructed at the Hill Farms Complex on University Avenue.
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State Office Building

Date: 07 04 1962
Description: Construction of a State Office building in the Hill Farms Complex, front facade view.
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Eagles Club Breaks Ground for New Hall

Date: 06 22 1953
Description: Former Governor Oscar Rennebohm turns the first shovelful of earth for the new Eagles Hall to be built on the site of the old Marquette School at 1232 Jeni...
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St. Paul's Lutheran Church Steeple

Date: 1977
Description: "While working on St. Paul's Lutheran 'Half Way' church, between Lomira & Theresa, a workman was killed when he fell off the scaffolding on the left."
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Addition to Hotz Residence

Date: 1910
Description: Lumber, wheelbarrows, a screen for sifting sand, and portions of scaffolding clutter the area around a new addition to the rear of the Hotz residence. Ther...
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Architectural Views of City Buildings

Date: 1967
Description: Elevated view of a detail on the Marshall & Ilsley Bank building, under construction. There is a crane on the roof. On the left is the tower of St. John's ...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View of a group of construction workers standing on the side of the building on a stack of lumber. They are using a large wooden structure supporting a pul...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: Two workers on one of the upper floors of the Eau Claire Public Library during its construction. The frames of the arched windows are in the background. Th...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: Portions of columns awaiting installation are stacked near a wooden open-sided building during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library at Farwell...
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Eau Claire Public Library Cornerstone

Date: 06 16 1903
Description: View along the side of library building during its construction. The cornerstone of the Eau Claire Public Library is resting on a wooden platform before it...

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