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Frank Lloyd Wright Monitoring Building Site

Date: 1937
Description: Frank Lloyd Wright, monitoring the construction and testing of load-bearing pylons for the Johnson Wax Building.
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Neuroseum Hospital

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Description: Site plan pencil sketch of the Neuroseum Hospital, to be located in Madison, Wisconsin, drawn by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Chandler Citrus Workers Camp

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Description: Pencil sketch of Chandler citrus workers camp designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
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Consulting Blueprints at an International Harvester Dealership

Date: 09 27 1937
Description: Two men consulting a set of plans as part of a store modernization project at an International Harvester dealership.
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Residential Construction Site

Date: 11 02 1918
Description: Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Building Site

Date: 05 09 1946
Description: Site of the new Wisconsin Telephone Company central office building, to be constructed at corner of South Fairchild and West Main Streets. 16 S. Carroll St...
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Red Dot Foods, Inc., Construction Site

Date: 11 14 1945
Description: Elevated view of Red Dot Foods, Inc., construction project, new addition, 1441 East Washington Avenue. Shows Job Office, J.H. Findorff & Son Builders, and ...
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Rear of Park Hotel

Date: 10 14 1946
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Company construction site at rear of Park Hotel taken from southwest showing rear of the hotel and the 115 West Main Street building wi...
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Construction of the State Historical Society of Wisconsin

Date: 1899
Description: View of construction workers and stone carvers/cutters (some of them probably Italian) showing the detailed sections of the building of the State Historica...
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Music Hall Demolition

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished brick building.
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Music Hall Wreck with Ladder

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble.
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Fond du Lac Courthouse

Date: 1890
Description: Stereograph view of a large crowd of people on a construction site. There is a horse and carriage with the Fond du Lac Machine & Iron Works in the backgrou...
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World Trade Center Construction Worker

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker wearing a yellow hardhat looks up at the bottom portion of the World Trade Center.
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Housing Project under Construction

Date: 03 1936
Description: Grouping of houses in the Greendale suburb of Milwaukee, which are shown during the construction phase.
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Cherokee Heights School Construction

Date: 02 22 1955
Description: Cherokee Heights School under construction by Fritz Construction Company in Crawford Heights, 4301 Cherokee Drive, looking southeast.
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Cherokee School Construction

Date: 02 22 1954
Description: Cherokee Heights School under construction by Fritz Construction Company in Crawford Heights, 4301 Cherokee Drive, looking southeast, alternate view.
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Cherokee Heights School Construction

Date: 02 22 1954
Description: Cherokee Heights School construction by Fritz Construction Company, in Crawford Heights, 4301 Cherokee Drive, view from the back of the school looking nort...
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Cherokee School Construction

Date: 02 22 1954
Description: Cherokee Heights School construction, in Crawford Heights, 4301 Cherokee Drive, by Fritz Construction Company, looking northwest at the back of the school.
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Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company

Date: 07 19 1935
Description: Farmers Mutual Auto Insurance Company, 312 Wisconsin Avenue. Original building was the former Joseph Boyd mansion. Contractor for the remodeling job was Fr...
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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.

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