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Building of Model House

Date: 07 23 1931
Description: Capital Times model home under construction at 2318 Monroe Street.
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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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Fauerbach House

Date: 11 11 1936
Description: Karl and Mildred Fauerbach house, 61 Fuller Drive, in Fuller's Woods.
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Fauerbach House

Date: 11 11 1936
Description: Front yard of Karl and Mildred Fauerbach house in Fuller's Woods, 61 Fuller Drive.
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 11 14 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, top floor under construction. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
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Vogel Brothers Builders New House

Date: 02 29 1928
Description: Vogel Brothers Builders, new house at 614 Farwell Drive.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 04 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking north, with steam shovel and other equipment. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. John...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 03 03 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, looking west. Also shows Holy Redeemer Catholic Church, 128 W. Johnson Street, Holy Redeemer Rectory,...
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 1926
Description: View across W. Johnson Street towards the back side of the Orpheum Theater under construction at 216 State Street. The house beside the theater on the left...
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Cornerstone Laying at Trinity Lutheran Church

Date: 05 07 1950
Description: A crowd gathers in front of the partially constructed new building for Trinity Lutheran Church, 1904 Winnebago at First Street. The existing church buildin...
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Construction of New Seats at Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 06 30 1950
Description: View of the north bleachers at Camp Randall Stadium, with construction started to add additional concrete bleachers on top.
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Westminster Presbyterian Church Groundbreaking

Date: 03 25 1951
Description: Elevated view of a crowd gathered at the groundbreaking ceremony for Westminster Presbyterian Church at 4100 Nakoma Road. The homes across the street inclu...
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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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New State Bar Building

Date: 09 18 1957
Description: Construction of a new building for the State Bar of Wisconsin at 402 West Wilson Street.
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Home Demolition on West Washington Avenue

Date: 12 01 1964
Description: A bulldozer demolishing five homes in the four hundred block of West Washington Avenue to make room for a six-story office building to be the Wisconsin hea...
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Sid Boyum's Backyard

Date: 1970
Description: Elevated view of Sid Boyum's background taken from the second floor of his house. There is a large arch in the center with wind chimes hanging on it. Shrub...
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Lakewood House Construction

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Description: The Lakewood House during construction, nearly completed.
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Cambridge Street House

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Description: A house on Cambridge Street in the Lakewood neighborhood. The house is still under construction, and dirt is piled around the foundation. On the far right ...
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Lakewood Construction

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Description: Construction in the Lakewood neighborhood. There are two cars parked in the snow on the right.
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Hilldale Shopping Center Construction

Date: 04 03 1962
Description: View looking south from the Shorewood bluff of the Hilldale Shopping Center under construction. Apartments and houses in the Hill Farms neighborhood are in...

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