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| Date: | 01 10 1939 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin Memorial Union Theatre under construction, showing interior with four men on scaffolding. |
| Date: | 04 17 1937 |
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| Description: | Three men and a woman looking at display materials in the R.H. and E.H. Carpenter, Inc. exhibit of Rock Wool insulation at the Home Show. Text on back of p... |
| Date: | 06 23 1933 |
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| Description: | U.S. Forest Products engineer, George W. Trayer, in the laboratory with a plywood panel, newly developed to provide strength and durability in construction... |
| Date: | 01 02 1929 |
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| Description: | Interior view of first floor lobby with construction debris and some tile work completed on the floor. In the background a man is standing on a ladder near... |
| Date: | 07 07 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, looking southeast. A man is standing in the foreground with his back towards the camera, and another man (o... |
| Date: | 10 04 1926 |
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| Description: | Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, from upper balcony. A man looking up at the ceiling rafters is standing on top of scaffolding in the ... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | State Historical Society of Wisconsin, during construction. Details of interior, including ceiling and arches. |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Interior of State Historical Society of Wisconsin during construction. Image shows bricks used in the building and workers. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at International Harvester's Tractor Works is using a forklift with a small crane to transport materials. |
| Date: | 04 22 1948 |
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| Description: | Frank Meyers measuring the floorboard of his 1948 Soap Box Derby racer to see that it compares exactly with the full-scale plans he drew before starting to... |
| Date: | 05 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Roddy Botts, son of Mr. and Mrs. R. Chellis Botts, shown adding a small piece of wood to the body of his 1948 racer. He had the most original design in the... |
| Date: | 07 10 1948 |
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| Description: | Yardman Don Hoffman helps Bill Morton pick out plywood for his soap box racer at C.C. Colling Lumber Yard on University Avenue. |
| Date: | 12 28 1949 |
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| Description: | Two members of the Madison Curling Club inspecting the pipes that will furnish artificial ice at their new clubhouse at Burr Jones Field on West Washington... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Four men are lifting a large piece of beam during the construction of a factory building, most likely at International Harvester's Osborne Works. There is ... |
| Date: | 10 09 1959 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Orla V. Coleman, business agent of Madison Iron Workers Local 383. Earlier in his career as a iron worker he participated in many construction ... |
| 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: | 01 02 1928 |
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| Description: | John Nelson, background far right, and [?] Thompson pose next to the racing sailboat they are building for Ernst Schmidt. A portion of the planking has bee... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Indoor group portrait of male employees at the Starck Manufacturing Company. Caption reads: "In 1893, Mr. John H. Findorff became a member of the Starck Mf... |
| Date: | 03 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Remodeling is underway for the new Hawthorne Branch Library at 2041 Atwood Avenue. This library location replaced the Williamson Street branch library and ... |
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