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Engine Room, Arcade Manufacturing Co.

Date: 09 26 1933
Description: A.H. Hubbell Company workers build a "Complete Plibrico Jointless Firebrick Lining" brick wall around a boiler in the engine room at Arcade Manufacturing C...
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State Bank of Wisconsin Addition

Date: 10 22 1929
Description: Workmen inside a new corridor addition under construction in the State Bank of Wisconsin, 1 West Main Street.
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McCormick-Deering TracTractor

Date: 1935
Description: Men using a McCormick-Deering TracTractor (crawler tractor) on a construction project, possibly a tunnel.
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Shingles and Siding Display

Date: 02 13 1953
Description: Modern Distributors, Inc., 1818 South Park, view of office display of samples of house shingles and siding.
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Kitchen Installation

Date: 08 31 1954
Description: Kitchen sink and cabinets installation by Monona Manufacturing and Supply Company, 4709 Monona Drive.
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Joseph & Jerry Ness

Date: 03 19 1945
Description: Joe and Jerry Ness in the office of the Ness Roofing and Supply Co., 2632-34 Milwaukee Street. Mrs. Ness has been associated as a bookkeeper in her husband...
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Emanuel L. Philipp

Date: 1910
Description: Quarter-length studio portrait of Emanuel L. Philipp, Milwaukee builder.
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Madison Builders Association

Date: 03 08 1950
Description: Three men from the Madison Builders Association gather to look at notice informing the men that their organization is the fastest growing of its kind in th...
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Madison Building Trades Apprentices

Date: 06 12 1950
Description: Voyta Wrabetz (right), chairman of the Wisconsin Industrial Commission, awarded diplomas of apprenticeship completion to 120 apprentices of the Madison bui...
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Governor Renebohm Signing Proclamation for National Home Week

Date: 08 15 1950
Description: Governor Oscar Rennebohm, seated, signs a proclamation that officially opens National Home Week in Wisconsin. With him at the signing, standing left to rig...
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Building Trades Apprentices Graduation

Date: 10 16 1951
Description: Ninety five Madison area building trades apprentices received certificates of graduation to journeymen status at a banquet at the Hotel Loraine. Shown at t...
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I.W. Acker

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Description: Tintype portrait (slightly tinted) of Isaac Wagner Acker (left) and an unidentified individual. Acker was born in 1837 in Whetstone, Crawford County, Ohio....
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United Givers

Date: 09 11 1954
Description: Three construction workers are dressed in white work clothes while working with sponges, pails, and a scaffold, and standing by an open window. They includ...
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United Givers' Fund Planning Meeting

Date: 09 16 1957
Description: G. Frederick Wolff (left) and Warren Walder, chairmen of the general contractors, sheet metal and lathers sections for the United Givers' Fund, look at a l...
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Northland Manor Development Corporation Coming to Madison

Date: 06 11 1958
Description: Paperwork is completed for Northland Manor Development Corporation to open an affiliate in Madison. Left to right: William Pessin (Milwaukee builder); Arth...
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Construction and General Laborers Union Banquet

Date: 01 12 1959
Description: Phil Petta receives his 20-year button from Joseph J. Frigerio, right, a Chicago member of the Construction and General Laborers Union, at Local 464's banq...
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Findorff Company Party

Date: 02 07 1959
Description: Employees of J.H. Findorff and Son were entertained at a dinner party at the Club Chanticleer. Hosts were Carol and John R. Findorff, left, and Leona and M...
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Findorff Company Party

Date: 02 07 1959
Description: Employees of J.H. Findorff and Son were entertained at a dinner party at the Club Chanticleer. Enjoying the company party were John Matthews, Ollie Norset...
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Findorff Company Party

Date: 02 07 1959
Description: Employees of J.H. Findorff and Son were entertained at a dinner party at the Club Chanticleer. From left to right are Joseph Kalscheur, Eugene M. Morrissey...
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Findorff Company Party

Date: 02 07 1959
Description: Employees of J.H. Findorff and Son were entertained at a dinner party at the Club Chanticleer. Among the guests were Paul Falkenstein, Cross Plains; Mildre...

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