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| Date: | 11 14 1945 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 11 09 1941 |
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| Description: | R.F. Lease and Co., 209 East Main Street, floor sanding company trucks, with eleven men standing beside their floor sanders. Other businesses in view: Madi... |
| Date: | 12 23 1936 |
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| Description: | R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Capitol Rock Wool insulation truck parked in front of 309 North Pinckney Street. |
| Date: | 05 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Durfee Brothers Roofing Co. truck in front of a home, Jos. P. Slightam residence) at 341 West Wilson Street, with a roofer installing shingles on the steep... |
| Date: | 01 17 1934 |
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| Description: | A Johns-Manville Contractors Asbestos Products Company Rock Wool home insulation truck and trailer is parked in front of a house, with workers on ladders a... |
| Date: | 05 06 1927 |
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| Description: | "White" dump truck with raised bed. The sign painted on the side of the driver's side door reads: "J. P. Cullen & Son, Contractors." |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for the World Trade Center. The construction office has an American flag han... |
| Date: | 08 12 1945 |
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| Description: | Eight Madison Roofing and Supply Trucks, specially equipped for home insulation and transportation of roofing and siding materials. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | C.W. McNally Company building at 197-199 Water Street, located just south of the intersection with Chicago Street. This Greek Revival style building was er... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Weiss-Lippert Pattern Company. A car is parked outside near the curb on the cobblestone street, and a chapel stands to the left. |
| Date: | 12 13 1949 |
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| Description: | View of a house in the Crestwood neighborhood built by Jack Threlfall in a Madison shop and assembled on site. A sign in the front yard reads: "For Sale An... |
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| Description: | View from Third and Main Street of storefronts. There is signage for the Tetzlaff and Co. Building Materials above a pile of bricks in a sideyard near the ... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | International D-50 truck with an International power unit loaded on the bed. The truck is parked in a dirt lot in front of Beckman Incorporated Contractors... |
| Date: | 07 19 1937 |
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| Description: | View from street towards a man at the John Barnes Roofing Company loading lumber onto the bed of an International D-30 truck parked in front of a company b... |
| Date: | 09 16 1957 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view looking up King Street from Butler Street toward the Wisconsin State Capitol. It appears there is work being done on the dome. |
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| Description: | "Section of New Prairie du Chien Marquette $1,000,000 Suspension Bridge. Total length 3729 feet. Only suspension bridge on the Mississippi River. Open for ... |
| Date: | 01 10 1964 |
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| Description: | J.H. Findorff and Son, Inc. Madison construction firm since 1890, added 13 employees to its 25-year Club at a recognition dinner at the Park Motor Inn to b... |
| Date: | 09 03 1927 |
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| Description: | Two delivery trucks with stake bodies are parked together outdoors. The truck on the right has signs painted on the side that read: "White Plains Sash & Do... |
| Date: | 03 10 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is standing at the front of a construction truck with his thumbs hooked in the beltloops of his pants. There are large rocks in the bed of the truck.... |
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