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Big Falls Fire Fighters

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of a fire fighting crew posing with buckets and shovels. They are battling the Big Falls Forest Fire.
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O'Konski and Obey

Date: 08 10 1974
Description: Wisconsin congressmen David Obey (left) and former congressman Alvin O'Konski breaking ground for a United States Forest Services genetics lab. After the c...
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Groundbreaking for New Medical Center at Triangle Renewal Project

Date: 05 06 1965
Description: Groundbreaking ceremony held for a new $1 million medical center building in the Triangle renewal project at the corner of Park and Regent Streets. Shown (...
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Ground Breaking for the Middleton Medical Library

Date: 05 20 1965
Description: Dr. William S. Middleton, emeritus dean of the University of Wisconsin Medical School, turns the first shovelful at the ground-breaking ceremony for the Mi...
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Prince Philip Planting an Elm

Date: 1980
Description: University of Wisconsin professor of plant pathology and forestry Eugene B. Smalley (1926-2002), right, is watching as Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh, is...
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Groundbreaking

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Description: Eleven men are standing during a groundbreaking ceremony in front of a Findorff crane. Two men are holding shovels. The sign painted on the crane reads: "F...
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Men with Shovels — Brittingham Project

Date: 1954
Description: Ten men are standing near a pit, which is in the foreground. All but one of the men are wearing suits, and several are holding shovels or pickaxes. Two men...
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Men with Shovels and Dynamite — Brittingham Project

Date: 1954
Description: Six men are posing around a patch of dirt, and snow is on the ground. Five of the men are holding shovels, and one man is lighting what appears to be a pro...

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