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| Date: | 05 09 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Diocese is shown removing the first shovel of dirt at the ground-breaking of the Queen of Apostles Seminary being... |
| Date: | 07 18 1948 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor, in vestments, turning the first shovel of dirt for the building that will contain the parish auditorium and six classrooms on t... |
| Date: | 08 23 1948 |
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| Description: | City manager Leonard G. Howell, breaking the ground with a shovel, at the ground-breaking ceremony for the new Naval Reserve training center in Kendall Fie... |
| Date: | 12 12 1948 |
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| Description: | Participants in the ground breaking ceremonies for the new Calvary Gospel church located at 3822 Mineral Point Road. Men standing with shovels, are, from l... |
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| Description: | Ho-Chunk women and men sitting in front of and under cloth awnings on blankets with their backs to the camera, probably a powwow. On the blankets are also ... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | "Groundbreaking ceremony at St. Peter's Lutheran Church for parish hall & school rooms. Left to right: Dennis Schuster, Wayne Giese, Ronald Bernard, Marvi... |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | "Pastor Hahn takes a turn with the shovel at the groundbreaking at St. Peter's Lutheran Church." |
| Date: | 11 1987 |
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| Description: | "Andy Schnitzler, Jr. posed with shovel, broke ground for the River View Mobile Home Park." |
| Date: | 08 1989 |
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| Description: | "A groundbreaking ceremony was held for Theresa's new library." |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "Fire Chief Bob Bogenschneider 'cuts' a cake with a fire axe." |
| Date: | 06 16 2001 |
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| Description: | Herbert V. Kohler, Jr. presented with an oversized wooden mallet at the grand opening of the rebuilt Herrling Sawmill. He is wearing a suit with a boutonni... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A forgotten Indian cache in poor condition assembled by a Medicine Man. The contents include a green skull cap with a fur band, a tool for scraping hair fr... |
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