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Building a Dam

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction.
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Harvester Farm Exhibit at Museum of Science and Industry

Date: 1946
Description: Men and women working on the Harvester Farm exhibit at the Chicago Museum of Science and Industry.
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Ojibwa Canoe Maker

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Description: An Ojibwa man shaping birch bark in a frame during the process of making a canoe.
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Baxter House

Date: 1912
Description: View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r...
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Edgewood Fence Removal

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Edgewood fence along Wingra Drive entrance, which had been opened to the public after closing by the Dominican Sisters of Edgewood Academy. Shown is the ro...
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Construction of City Hall

Date: 1888
Description: View across unpaved road towards construction workers at the site of the new city hall. William Waters, architect.
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Railroad Shops Under Construction

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Description: Shops under construction for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha railroad lines. Men are working with a horse-drawn wagon in the right foreground...
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Elevated view of team of horses powering a winch for moving a house at the rear of the Jackson County Bank.
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Team of Horses with Winch

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Description: Team of horses powering a winch and moving a frame building. Before the flood of 1911, moving the Express building from the northeast corner of Main and Se...
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Wisconsin State College

Date: 1957
Description: Wisconsin State College (later renamed the University of Wisconsin-Platteville). The Student Union is in final stages of construction, and in the foregroun...
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Senior High School

Date: 1897
Description: Workers pose on scaffolding in front of the Senior High School during construction. A child and a man with a bicycle are on the lower left side underneath ...
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Men Working at Dam

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Description: Men working in a drained reservoir with shovels, probably at the Hatfield Dam.
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War Chest Day's Pay Pledge

Date: 10 04 1945
Description: Group portrait of Madison Building and Construction Trades workers signing pledge cards to donate one day's pay (about $12) to Madison War Chest campaign.
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Man Operating Dump Truck

Date: 1917
Description: Man operating an International dump truck near the Standard Glass Company on La Salle Street, possibly in Chicago.
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Man Operating Dump Truck

Date: 1917
Description: A man unloads an International dump truck full of gravel in La Salle Street near the Standard Glass Company, possibly in Chicago.
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10-20 Tractor With Crawler Track and Monarch Loader

Date: 01 20 1927
Description: McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a crawler track and a Monarch loader.
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Construction Worker Buddis Stone

Date: 1958
Description: Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl...
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Construction Workers at Dam Site

Date: 1958
Description: Construction workers O.R. Williams, Fred Mappin, and Rober Garner at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam on the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountai...
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Machinery at Prairie du Sac Dam

Date: 08 11 1910
Description: The first machinery at work sounding at the site for the power dam. Workmen are posing near the carriage-mounted equipment. A horse-drawn wagon is in the ...
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Erecting Pile Driver for Railroad Extension to Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon...

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