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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 04 01 1927
Description: Ground being prepared for the construction of the U.S. Post Office, 215 Monona Avenue, showing Beaver Building (National Mutual Benefit Insurance), 119 Mon...
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 12 17 1929
Description: View up hill towards the construction site of the Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium, which is nearing completion. Snow is on the ground. The building is ...
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 12 17 1929
Description: View up hill towards the Dane County Tuberculosis Sanitorium, with construction nearing completion, as seen from the front. Snow is on the ground. 1202 Nor...
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Herbert Jacobs Residence I

Date: 1937
Description: Rear elevation of Herbert Jacobs Residence I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: The prow of the Unitarian Meeting House during construction, with the roof trusses in place. The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and constructe...
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Main Office and Cement House at Power Dam

Date: 1911
Description: Newly constructed office building at construction site, with buggy in attached shed.
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Foundation Piles and Concrete Forms at East End of Power Dam

Date: 03 03 1912
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.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 01 23 1931
Description: View from shoreline of bridge during construction over the icy river.
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: View from shoreline of a crane lifting machinery to workers at the top of the bridge during construction. Words on the crane reads, "Stevens Brothers and S...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 1931
Description: The entrance to the bridge during construction. A worker works on the side of the bridge on the right. Other workers in the middle of the bridge lay boards...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 482-488

Date: 
Description: A man in motion moves upon good reason.

To create disorder
he must stop and settle down.
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State Historical Society Building During Construction

Date: 03 27 1900
Description: Elevated view over Langdon Street towards the State Historical Society building, which is near completion. Written across the bottom (in reverse): "Mar. 27...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 20 1921
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...
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Brick Structure Under Construction

Date: 
Description: A group of workers are posing next to a brick structure under construction. Snow is on the ground.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of construction workers near a truss on the roof. In the foreground on the right another man is working around piles of snow and building mat...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of men working on trusses laid on sawhorses on the ground near the church.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Construction workers are on the roof, and also working on a lower section of the church. Snow is on the ground.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: View across snowy ground towards a section of the church under construction, including sections of stone walls.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Slightly elevated view of work site near the church building.
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State Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view across Langdon Street of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building under construction in winter with snow on the ground. A group of men...

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