Date: | 11 29 1949 |
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Description: | Reverend Charles R. Bell Jr., pastor of the First Baptist church, breaks ground for the new Baptist Church to be constructed at 518 North Franklin Avenue a... |
Date: | 12 28 1949 |
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Description: | Members of the Blackhawk Ski Club prepare the landing area at the club's ski jump at Tomahawk Ridge, located west of Middleton. From left are Jim Jardine, ... |
Date: | 05 13 1950 |
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Description: | Three teenage girls are carrying shovels on their shoulders while crossing a wooden foot bridge. More than 150 Madison high school pupils recruited throug... |
Date: | 07 10 1950 |
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Description: | Edward J. B. Schubring (left), president of Madison General hospital association, and City Manager Leonard G. Howell wield the shovels at the groundbreakin... |
Date: | 06 29 1952 |
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Description: | Four officials of the South Side Men's Club participate in groundbreaking for their new club house, Sunday, June 29, 1952. Shown left to right are: Tom Har... |
Date: | 07 22 1952 |
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Description: | Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot... |
Date: | 05 24 1953 |
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Description: | Ground breaking ceremonies at the site of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to replace the church that was destroyed by fire in 1951. The Reverend Edwar... |
Date: | 06 22 1953 |
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Description: | Former Governor Oscar Rennebohm turns the first shovelful of earth for the new Eagles Hall to be built on the site of the old Marquette School at 1232 Jeni... |
Date: | 07 03 1954 |
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Description: | Mr. and Mrs. Willard Burbank look at the flooded basement of their home at 829 Burbank Place in the Garden Homes subdivision of Madison. |
Date: | 10 14 1954 |
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Description: | Mrs. Ryerson (left) and Melvin Dykman use shovels to build a brick stove during a Civil Defense emergency mass-feeding practice. Katheryn Henning stacks la... |
Date: | 04 03 1955 |
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Description: | Four men with shovels turn over the first shovels full of earth at 611 Langdon Street, the site of the new Jewish student center. "Left to right are Rabbi ... |
Date: | 06 15 1958 |
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Description: | Rev. Louis Scheuring, pastor of St. James' Catholic Church, breaking ground for the new school after blessing the ground. Five altar boys assist Fr. Scheur... |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | View down Main Street of businesses along the right side. A young boy stands with a shovel near a pile of gravel near the barbershop, which has a barber's ... |
Date: | 05 02 1959 |
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Description: | A groundbreaking ceremony for a new building for CUNA Mutual Insurance Society takes place at the corner of Mineral Point Road and Rosa Road. Left to right... |
Date: | 05 10 1959 |
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Description: | More than twelve people in their Sunday clothes gathering in an open lot at Gilbert Road and Tolman Terrace to note the start of construction of their chur... |
Date: | 08 29 1959 |
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Description: | A group gathering for the ground breaking ceremonies for the St. Thomas Aquinas parish auditorium. Rev. Arnold Lehman, pastor, shown with shovel; sacristan... |
Date: | 11 23 1959 |
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Description: | Individuals breaking ground for the new Sequoya branch of the Madison Public Library at the Midvale Plaza shopping center. The building is being constructe... |
Date: | 08 15 1960 |
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Description: | Mother Monica, superior of the convent and academy, turns over the first spadeful of ground during the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new motherhouse conv... |
Date: | 05 14 1961 |
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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... |
Date: | 05 07 1961 |
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Description: | The congregation of Covenant Presbyterian Church at the corner of Mineral Point and Segoe Roads holds a groundbreaking ceremony for the church's new $100,0... |
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