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| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc... |
| Date: | 03 03 1912 |
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| Description: | Two women and a man posing among the timber pilings near the east shore of the river. Wooden concrete forms and two buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 07 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t... |
| Date: | 10 30 1949 |
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| Description: | As the cornerstone of Beth Israel Center was lowered into place, representatives of the oldest Madison Jewish congregation participated in the ceremony. Th... |
| Date: | 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w... |
| Date: | 07 04 1944 |
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| Description: | Band, in full regalia, playing tubas, clarinets and trumpets as well as other instruments, outside at a Fourth of July parade. There is a brick building in... |
| Date: | 05 03 1950 |
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| Description: | The Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr., pastor of the First Baptist Church, is assisted by a group of church officials as he lays the cornerstone for the new bui... |
| Date: | 10 01 1939 |
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| Description: | A group poses at the laying of the cornerstone for August Derleth's new house, the Place of Hawks. Attendees include, back row, left to right, E.B. Trimpey... |
| 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: | 11 1987 |
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| Description: | "Andy Schnitzler, Jr. posed with shovel, broke ground for the River View Mobile Home Park." |
| Date: | 04 03 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ... |
| Date: | 1891 |
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| Description: | Large group of people posed in, on and around the frame of a barn at a barn raising. A smaller building is in the background on the left. Cultivated fields... |
| 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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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site. There are two men standing on a dirt road, looking down at other men down below them working around a brick wall. A w... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | After his success with the State Street and Pinckney Street car dealerships, Louis Schoelkopf built a new building at 210 E. Washington Avenue. The constru... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View across street towards the construction at 210 E. Washington Avenue. There is scaffolding in front of the building, and Emma Schoelkopf is standing in ... |
| Date: | 12 20 1921 |
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| Description: | View from street of the construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles. Standing in the snow in the right foregr... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Group of people standing near two buildings which burned in 1893. In the center background is Edgewood Villa, a home purchased by Governor C.C. (Cadwallade... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View of group of construction workers lifting stonework into place with a large wooden structure supporting a winch and pulley system during the during the... |
| Date: | 06 16 1903 |
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| 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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