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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1906
Description: Only the salvaged planking behind the "Forward" statue created by Jean Pond Miner indicates that anything more is going on in this picture than a peaceful ...
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Park Street Streetcar Tracks

Date: 1906
Description: Newly-constructed streetcar tracks on Park Street, looking south from State Street. The eastern edge of the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus can be s...
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Barn Raising

Date: 1900
Description: Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building.
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Weber Works Lumber Yard

Date: 03 12 1909
Description: View across unpaved road towards four men standing outside of the Weber Works lumberyard. The men are standing near a gate in the fence surrounding industr...
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Building Under Construction

Date: 1901
Description: View from a distance of the framework of a large building under construction next to a house in Corliss.
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Barn Raising Bee

Date: 11 02 1906
Description: Group of people assembled in front of and on the frame of a barn being raised at M.T. Cooney's.
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Construction of Schuette Bros. Store

Date: 1901
Description: Construction crew raising a brick building. The structure is entirely surrounded by scaffolding. A large stone piece is being hoisted into place while a wo...
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Dam Under Construction

Date: 1906
Description: View of the dam under construction.
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Twine Mill Construction Site

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W...
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Stacks of Boards in a Lumber Yard

Date: 1900
Description: Pallets of lumber in the Chippewa Lumber & Boom Company Lumber Yard. Smoke comes from smokestacks in the background. Cows are in the field in the foregroun...
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Machinery Inside Lumber Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Interior view of large room filled with machinery inside a lumber mill.
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Constructing Brush Dam on Mississippi River

Date: 1900
Description: View across water of men working to construct a brush dam about seven miles north of Cassville. There are two groups of well-dressed people, who appear to ...
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Street Repairs

Date: 1900
Description: Street view showing horse-drawn wagons and excavations for underground utility (?) repairs.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1906
Description: Steel span railroad bridge under construction over Cedar Creek.
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216 Campbell Street

Date: 1905
Description: View of the house at 216 Campbell Street. Construction materials are piled about the property, suggesting it was recently built. A small group of people ar...
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Construction Crew

Date: 1907
Description: A work crew, and a young boy, posing outdoors at the construction site of the Winnebago County School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy.
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Progress

Date: 1907
Description: Work crew, and a young boy, posing in front and on top of the half-finished Winnebago Agricultural School. A large pile of bricks is to the right of the bu...
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Three-quarter view of front and side of the almost-completed Winnebago School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Construction workers are on the building...
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Reshingling Corn Crib

Date: 11 1904
Description: Krueger family reshingling an old corn crib. August, Jennie, Edgar, and Alexander are standing on top of scaffolding replacing the old shingles, while Flor...

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