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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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Installing Rock Wool Insulation

Date: 11 21 1936
Description: Three men on scaffolding are installing Capitol Rock Wool insulation, from a R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Inc. truck into a house at 616 N. Carroll Street.
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National Housing Day Groundbreaking

Date: 06 14 1935
Description: At ceremonies held in observance of National Housing Day, Mayor James R. Law and members of the Madison Building Industries Committee are shown breaking gr...
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Wingspread Construction

Date: 1935
Description: Workmen working on the Herbert F. Johnson Residence, "Wingspread," designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The building was completed in 1937.
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Wingspread Construction

Date: 1935
Description: Workman on the construction of the second floor of Herbert F. Johnson's Residence, "Wingspread," designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. The residence was complete...
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Waupun Stone Mills

Date: 1878
Description: View of Waupun Stone Mills, established in 1849, in the background. Construction of an addition is underway. People are in the foreground in front of a br...
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Exterior of Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Workmen at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright. One workman is standing next to a woodpile and a second is leaning out of a bedroom window. The view i...
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Lathrop Residence

Date: 1882
Description: View of excavation for the Lathrop residence, home of William H. Lathrop.
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Plastic House

Date: 02 20 1945
Description: Exterior view of a modular home under construction in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a project developed by the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper C...
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Factory Built Housing

Date: 03 08 1946
Description: Employees of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper Company shingle a roof in a factory. The roof was then taken to the building site for final assem...
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Post-World War II Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: Concrete block basement for a factory-built house in Wisconsin Rapids. The house was a product of the Plastics Division of Consolidated Paper, and it was ...
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Speranza's Neighbors Dig Basement for New Shop

Date: 11 06 1948
Description: Blooming Grove neighbors of John Speranza digging a basement for a new Speranza shop which will replace the one lost to a fire that also destroyed the Sper...
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Construction Workers Walking through Neighborhood

Date: 1937
Description: Large group of construction workers walking through neighborhood of houses that are in the middle of being constructed.
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Men Leveling Ground for Construction

Date: 1937
Description: Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di...
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Governor Renebohm Signing Proclamation for National Home Week

Date: 08 15 1950
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated, signs a proclamation that officially opens National Home Week in Wisconsin. With him at the signing, standing left to rig...
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Central Roofing & Supply Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Central Roofing & Supply Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "Roofing Jobbers and Contractors," with a three-quarter view of a house with a ...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down unpaved street. A group of men and boys congregate on the porch of a storefront. Two men and two children stand in the street. There is a windmil...
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Head of Madison Builders Association Visiting Europe

Date: 09 14 1965
Description: Bill Togstad, president of the Madison Builders Association, with his wife, meeting Henry M. Shine, Jr., director of the National Housing Center in Washing...

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