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Carpenters' Union

Date: 1953
Description: A group of carpenters pose in front of an unfinished building. The caption reads "Carpenters union donate wages to community fund".
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Wisconsin Rotunda at World's Fair

Date: 1964
Description: Construction begins of the Wisconsin Rotunda at the New York World's Fair. Principals of the project are standing in a group, and include Michael Pender, W...
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Emanuel L. Philipp

Date: 1910
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Emanuel L. Philipp, Milwaukee builder.
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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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Building Trades Apprenticeship Banquet

Date: 10 05 1959
Description: State and federal officials attend the Building Trades Apprenticeship banquet. Left to right: R.G. Knutson, state industrial commissioner, Clarence Greiber...
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Contractors 'Spahnferkel'

Date: 11 14 1960
Description: Visiting at the Contractors 'Sphanferkel,' a pork roast feast at which contractors meet socially with manufacturers, suppliers and sales representatives wi...
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Building Trades Apprenticeship Banquet

Date: 10 30 1961
Description: During a banquet to honor 66 men who had completed building trade apprenticeship training, new journeyman Kenneth Volkmann, right, receives a certificate o...
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We Saw You . . . at Spahnferckel

Date: 11 03 1961
Description: Left to right: A.A. MacArthur, Jerry Hill, and J.E. Maloney are shown chatting before the program begins at the annual Spahnferckel, sponsored by the Madis...
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We Saw You . . . at Spahnferckel

Date: 11 03 1961
Description: Talking over the contracting business at the Madison Mechanical Contractors Association annual Spahnferckel are (left to right): V.J. (Dean) Johnson, Edwar...
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We Saw You . . . at Spahnferckel

Date: 11 03 1961
Description: Attendees at the Madison Mechanical Contractors Association annual "Spahnferckel" meeting include, left to right: J.R. Clark, president (in tall chef's hat...
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New Findorff Mill

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Description: Elevated group portrait of men posing in front of the J.H. Findorff, Contractor, Planing Mill & Lumber Yard building. A smaller brick building on the far r...
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Sears Roebuck & Co. Luncheon at Edgewater Hotel

Date: 11 30 1954
Description: Representatives of business, labor and government meet at the Edgewater Hotel for a pre-luncheon gathering to celebrate the opening of a new Sears store. S...

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