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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Construction workers erecting a billboard for Hines Lumber using a crane mounted on the back of an International heavy-duty truck. The billboard is sitting... |
| Date: | 02 22 1955 |
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| Description: | Cherokee Heights School under construction by Fritz Construction Company in Crawford Heights, 4301 Cherokee Drive, looking southeast. |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, in the course of demolition. |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | A crane is used in the demolition of City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. |
| 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: | 08 1954 |
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| Description: | Old City Hall being razed with a crane and wrecking ball. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A factory worker at International Harvester's Tractor Works is using a forklift with a small crane to transport materials. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp... |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View from atop a building across Wisconsin Avenue of the Fuller Opera House during its demolition. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Two men standing on a pipe on the bed of a International truck use a crane to unload one of the pipes. A long building, possibly a warehouse, is in the bac... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Men guiding a pipe onto the back of an International truck bed as it is lowered with an overhead crane. The truck, owned by American Pipe & Construction Co... |
| Date: | 08 19 1950 |
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| Description: | A sailboat is launched into Lake Mendota in preparation for the preliminary races of the 49th Annual Regatta of the Inland Lakes Yachting Association. |
| Date: | 08 17 1950 |
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| Description: | A construction crane and concrete base footings are laid out at ground level in preparation for the start of a seven-story addition to Madison General Hosp... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of men guiding a piece of wreckage from a jet fighter onto the ground as it is lifted by the arm of a Model M-246 truck. The specification... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Advertising proof for International trucks, featuring color illustrations of men loading an International dump truck with dirt and a man delivering package... |
| Date: | 1953 |
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| Description: | A man uses an International RF-190 series truck with a cement mixer platform body while parked in front of a partially built structure. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A riverside crew is alerted of a payhauler's descent during construction on the Glen Canyon Dam on the Colorado River. |
| Date: | 09 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Construction site of the University of Wisconsin Holt dormitory on Elm Drive. |
| Date: | 08 07 1951 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of people posed on and around a crane and waving at the groundbreaking ceremony for St. Joseph's Memorial Hospital. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Color illustration of a shipyard scene with International trucks being loaded onto a ship at Station Pier in Melbourne, Victoria. Men are loading trucks an... |
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