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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
| Date: | 06 22 1953 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 14 1954 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Pearce Roberts, Executive Secretary of the Madison Building Trades Council and past president of the Madison Federation of Labor. |
| Date: | 03 31 1954 |
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| Description: | City Inspection Superintendent Ray Burt hands the key to City Hall to Merrill Haley, representing the investment group that purchased the building. William... |
| Date: | 04 03 1955 |
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| Description: | Four men with shovels turn over the first shovels full of earth at 611 Langdon Street, the site of the new Jewish student center. "Left to right are Rabbi ... |
| Date: | 04 24 1957 |
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| Description: | Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff. |
| Date: | 09 18 1957 |
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| Description: | Construction of a new building for the State Bar of Wisconsin at 402 West Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 09 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Chadbourne Hall construction site. |
| Date: | 09 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Construction site of the University of Wisconsin Holt dormitory on Elm Drive. |
| Date: | 01 20 1958 |
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| Description: | Construction photograph of the new $250,000 Labor Temple at 1602 South Park Street. |
| Date: | 01 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Chadbourne Hall under construction on the University of Wisconsin campus. The building will house 678 female students. The structure will ... |
| Date: | 01 17 1958 |
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| Description: | Interior finishing work is being completed on the $250,000 addition to Trinity Lutheran Church at 1904 Winnebago Street. The building will house the church... |
| Date: | 06 15 1958 |
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| Description: | Rev. Louis Scheuring, pastor of St. James' Catholic Church, breaking ground for the new school after blessing the ground. Five altar boys assist Fr. Scheur... |
| Date: | 07 21 1958 |
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| Description: | Alec McDonnell and Charles Brewer, two future students of the new Orchard Ridge Elementary School, pause on their bicycles to check the progress of the fir... |
| Date: | 05 02 1959 |
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| Description: | A groundbreaking ceremony for a new building for CUNA Mutual Insurance Society takes place at the corner of Mineral Point Road and Rosa Road. Left to right... |
| Date: | 05 10 1959 |
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| Description: | More than twelve people in their Sunday clothes gathering in an open lot at Gilbert Road and Tolman Terrace to note the start of construction of their chur... |
| Date: | 08 29 1959 |
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| Description: | A group gathering for the ground breaking ceremonies for the St. Thomas Aquinas parish auditorium. Rev. Arnold Lehman, pastor, shown with shovel; sacristan... |
| Date: | 08 30 1959 |
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| Description: | Andrew Rice, Sunday School superintendent, is shown breaking ground for the new two-story $38,000 church school addition of Trousdale Methodist Church at 1... |
| Date: | 09 23 1959 |
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| Description: | Two acres of land in the University Hill Farm plot have been purchased by the Attic Angel Association as a site for a nursing home. The present Attic Angel... |
| Date: | 08 15 1960 |
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| Description: | Mother Monica, superior of the convent and academy, turns over the first spadeful of ground during the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new motherhouse conv... |
| Date: | 05 14 1961 |
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| Description: | Breaking ground for the new Christ Presbyterian Church are John Wimberly, son of the pastor, and Miss Minnie Winifred Hastings, 420 S. Brooks Street, a lon... |
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