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State Street View of Capitol Theatre Construction

Date: 06 03 1927
Description: Elevated view above State Street of the Capitol Theatre, with construction nearly completed.
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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
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...
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Steam Shovel Excavation

Date: 08 28 1929
Description: Steam shovel operators excavate for the construction of the Lake View Tuberculosis Sanitarium boiler house at 1202 Northport Drive.
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Quinn Construction Company Steam Shovel

Date: 10 03 1928
Description: Quinn Construction Company steam shovel excavating for the First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue. There is a house in the background.
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 05 14 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across South Fairchild at scaffolding for first floor and second floors under co...
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Steam Shovel at Airport Project

Date: 1929
Description: Elevated view of a steam shovel filling the back of an International truck with dirt at an airport construction site.
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Halavo Seaplane Base

Date: 1943
Description: Men of the 34th Construction Battalion of Seabees work around a boat dock using an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at Halavo Seaplane Base...
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Hagen Materials Company Truck

Date: 1947
Description: A man stacks building materials on the bed of an International KBS-5 truck with a 159-inch wheelbase owned by the Hagen Materials Company. The truck is par...
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Erdman Prefab I

Date: 1956
Description: Rear view of the Eugene & Mary Van Tamelen House, 5817 Anchorage Avenue, an example of Erdman #1, a Frank Lloyd Wright-designed prefabricated home marketed...
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Watch House at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 11 20 1942
Description: Men constructing guard towers at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Buildings and a vehicle are in the background.
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Man with Cement Mixer

Date: 1953
Description: A man uses an International RF-190 series truck with a cement mixer platform body while parked in front of a partially built structure.
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Trade Show Home

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ...
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Breaking Ground for Christ Presbyterian Church

Date: 05 14 1961
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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Scout II at Job Site

Date: 1971
Description: Man driving Scout II at job site.
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Man Operating TD-25

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a TD-25 on work site for the Blue Plains Water Pollution Plant. "Excavation Construction, Inc., has prime contrac...
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Trucks at Construction Site

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View looking down at men standing with trucks near a steam shovel working near a rock face.
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View along street towards pedestrians on the left. On the right, below street level, are construction workers standing below street level near trucks and a...
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 18 1925
Description: View looking down at a man driving a dump truck filled with large boulders through a construction site with puddles of water.
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View looking down towards a man driving a dump truck through puddles of water at a construction site. In the background men are working among rocks and roc...
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Findorff Construction Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Construction site of the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Office Building & Bus Station. The address of the bus station was 122 West Washington Avenue, but th...

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