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200 Block of State Street from West Johnson Street

Date: 1913
Description: View looking up the 200 block of State Street from West Johnson Street, showing the Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction. The bank on the left i...
Photograph

Men Unloading Wagon with Crane

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Description: Two men using a crane to unload wagon box on the waterfront.
Book or Pamphlet

French Catalog for Deering Industrial Tractors

Date: 1927
Description: Cover of a French advertising catalog for Deering industrial tractors featuring a man driving an industrial tractor with a crane attached. An elephant is n...
Photograph

Joys Building and Surrounding Construction

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Description: Elevated view of west side of N. Water Street between E. Buffalo and E. Chicago Streets, featuring the Joys Building, with a contruction area in foreground...
Photograph

Mowing Along Waterfront (League Island?)

Date: 1899
Description: A man in work clothes is operating a horse-drawn mower in a patch of grass along a waterfront, while another man wearing a hat and tie is looking on. Ships...
Photograph

P&H 40-Ton Type "A" Outdoor Gantry Crane

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Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger 40-ton type "A" outdoor gantry crane located at the Pennsylvania Railroad Co. There are men standing near a horse-drawn cart as wel...
Photograph

Milwaukee Works Construction

Date: 05 18 1911
Description: A man uses a horse-drawn wagon to transport building materials on a construction site at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Men are clearin...
Photograph

Machine Shop Building Site at Milwaukee Works

Date: 05 05 1911
Description: Elevated view of construction crew clearing land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory.
Photograph

Unloading Sugar Cane

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Description: A view of a crane unloading sugar cane onto boxcars on a track at the Sugar House. Several men and two horses pulling a wagon are on the right.
Photograph

Construction of New Pit Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Men and women at the construction site for a new pit silo. One man is squatting at the edge of the pit near a derrick, while two women are standing behind ...
Photograph

Men and Women at the Site for New Silo

Date: 1915
Description: Men and women at the construction site for new pit silo. One man is squatting at the edge of the pit near the derrick, while two women are standing behind ...
Photograph

New Dam

Date: 1913
Description: View looking down on construction site of a dam. Two pulley-operated hoists are erect. Men pose from the top of the dam.
Photograph

Carp Fishing

Date: 07 1968
Description: Two fisherman pull in a net of carp fish on Lake Winnebago.
Photograph

York Iron Works

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
Photograph

York Iron Works

Date: 
Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
Photograph

York Iron Works

Date: 
Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
Drawing

Process of Excavation, Lockport

Date: 1825
Description: Engraved view of several wooden cranes extracting large stones from a cut during the construction of the Erie Canal. The rig in the foreground is horse-dri...
Photograph

Construction Gang — New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Group portrait of construction workers, two women and a dog at the railroad tracks near the depot. They are posed near a crane. A group of people stand on ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 201-206

Date: 
Description: Even the slow, dry, hungry engines,
digging
what would be the best of times,
cannot help but leave behind them
a restlessness unchanging as bef...
Photograph

Jones Island

Date: 1964
Description: Docks at Jones Island with a lone swan swimming. Many large ships and city buildings can be seen in the background.

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