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Unitarian Church's Work Day

Date: 1950
Description: People gather around a table of food for the First Unitarian Society's "Work Day". The building was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and some of the construc...
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Quinn Construction Company Steam Shovel

Date: 10 03 1928
Description: Quinn Construction Company steam shovel excavating for the First Congregational Church, 1609 University Avenue. There is a house in the background.
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Halavo Seaplane Base

Date: 1943
Description: Men of the 34th Construction Battalion of Seabees work around a boat dock using an International TD-9 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) at Halavo Seaplane Base...
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Ordnance Steel Foundry Concrete Footings

Date: 07 21 1942
Description: Men pouring and smoothing cement on the construction site of the Ordnance Steel Foundry Company. The Foundry may have served as part of International Harve...
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Watch House at Quad Cities Tank Arsenal

Date: 11 20 1942
Description: Men constructing guard towers at International Harvester's Quad Cities Tank Arsenal. Buildings and a vehicle are in the background.
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Trade Show Home

Date: 04 03 1957
Description: Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ...
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Breaking Ground for Christ Presbyterian Church

Date: 05 14 1961
Description: Breaking ground for the new Christ Presbyterian Church are John Wimberly, son of the pastor, and Miss Minnie Winifred Hastings, 420 S. Brooks Street, a lon...
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Scout II at Job Site

Date: 1971
Description: Man driving Scout II at job site.
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Man Operating TD-25

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a TD-25 on work site for the Blue Plains Water Pollution Plant. "Excavation Construction, Inc., has prime contrac...
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Construction Site in City

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: View looking down towards a man driving a dump truck through puddles of water at a construction site. In the background men are working among rocks and roc...
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Findorff Construction Scene

Date: 1930
Description: Construction site of the Wisconsin Power and Light Co. Office Building & Bus Station. The address of the bus station was 122 West Washington Avenue, but th...
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15-30 Tractor for Power at Contruction Site

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: A group of men are working at a construction site near a dump truck. There is a tractor in the foreground providing belt-driven power. In the background on...
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Campbell Coal Company Truck for Millwork Lumber Building Supplies

Date: 1939
Description: A man is standing and unloaded lumber near the back of an International D-35 truck owned by Campbell Coal. The driver's side door has the text: "Campbell C...

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