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| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Workmen demolishing the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Because the North Wing escaped damage during the fire in 1904, the North Wing cont... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
| Date: | 08 1907 |
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| Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
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| Description: | Man driving Hough Payloader, clearing land and loading demolition debris. Hough became a subsidiary of International Harvester Company. |
| Date: | 08 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Originally the Evangelical Association's Immanuel Church, 106 North Hamilton Street, which was converted into a waiting room for the Jackson Clinic shown t... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View looking down at people working on John Street Bridge during the razing. There is a crane on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Tearing down Eau Claire House to make way for the Y.M.C.A. building. A man is standing on the roof. A sign in the street reads, in part: "Electric Light He... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble. |
| Date: | 03 24 1983 |
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| Description: | Newspaper clipping showing the demolishing of the Long House. The man on the right is believed to be M.V. Adkins, son of Chester Adkins, the last survivor ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the old high school building in Richland Center. Caption reads: "Ruins — of Old High School Bldg. Richland Ctr, Wis". |
| Date: | 06 19 1939 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee County Court House being demolished. A wing of the building is gone, and many windows are broken. |
| Date: | 06 19 1939 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee County Court House in the process of being razed. A worker is standing on part of the second floor, in front of what is left of the dome. |
| Date: | 04 10 1941 |
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| Description: | View across street towards men working among stripped trees in a demolition area on Kilbourn Avenue. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is on the left. Three men are working... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition near Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man is working in the lower center of t... |
| Date: | 02 19 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison Police Inspector Philip H. Oakey is shown demolishing three "one-armed bandits." They had been stored in the vault of police headquarters since the... |
| Date: | 06 15 1949 |
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| Description: | The Shell filling station, 341 State Street as workers are starting to tear it down. The station, built in 1924 and at one time adjudged the second most be... |
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