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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A WPA program on the State Fair Grounds. The workers have dug a long trench, and the project probably concerns improved sanitary facilities for the fair, a... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba... |
| Date: | 07 19 1935 |
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| Description: | Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, 312 Wisconsin Avenue. Original building was the former Joseph Boyd mansion. Contractor for the remodeling job was Fr... |
| Date: | 10 24 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the City County Building under construction. Automobiles are parked in the street and a truck with a semi-trailer is parked in front of a ... |
| Date: | 10 24 1955 |
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| Description: | City County Building under construction, showing the metal framework of the building. |
| Date: | 10 04 1945 |
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| Description: | Madison Building and Construction Trades workers on the job at the Hoofer Glass Co. take time out to sign their pledge cards for one day's pay to the Madis... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Three men pose next to a silo that is under construction, with wood scaffolding around it. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a large group of workers, along with women, children, and dogs, posing on the frame of the barn they are building. |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster featuring the International T-20, T-35, TD-35, T-40 and TD-40 crawler tractors (TracTracTors). Includes the text: "when you need crawler... |
| Date: | 1937 |
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| Description: | Advertising poster for International crawler tractors (TracTracTors), featuring the TD-35. Includes illustrations of workers using crawler tractors in road... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A restored Cornish miner's house, called Polperro, built in the 1840s, on Shake Rag Street undergoing restoration. The house was temporarily covered with s... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | International H-400 Payloader lifting a load of dirt. The H-400 was built by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary of International Harvester. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | International D500 Paydozer and 295 Payscraper moving earth on a job site. The machines were manufactured by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | St. Josaphat's Church in Milwaukee under construction. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Construction workers are posed in front of the partially-built St. Josaphat's Church on scaffolding and wooden steps near large columns. There are two chil... |
| Date: | 08 1911 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of First National Bank under construction. |
| Date: | 05 05 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction on Arpin's dam. Men are working on the right. Caption reads: "Arpin's Dam at Radisson, Wis". |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | View of excavation for the Lathrop residence, home of William H. Lathrop. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men in the midst of dam construction. |
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