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Badger State Granite Co.

Date: 1920
Description: Colorized photograph of the Badger Granite Compnay, maker of monuments and gravestones. There is a church in the background. Caption reads: "Badger State G...
Photograph

Exterior of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: View from street of exterior of dealership. A man is standing just inside the large front entrance, which also has signs posted near the door near pieces o...
Photograph

Exterior of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view across street towards a group of about twenty men, many wearing bowler hats, standing in front of the three-story stone building.
Photograph

Wisconsin Capitol after 1904 Fire

Date: 1900
Description: Construction debris litters the ground around the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) as reconstruction of the capitol proceeds after the 190...
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Wisconsin Capitol after 1904 Fire

Date: 1904
Description: Men working on the reconstruction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison) after the 1904 fire.
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City Hall Demolition

Date: 1955
Description: View across Mifflin Street, towards Madison City Hall as it is being demolished. On the street women are walking around the construction to get to the side...
Photograph

Stone Church in Linden

Date: 03 18 2012
Description: A stone church built in 1851 located at the junction of Highway 39 and County Trunk X. There is a large tree next to the church and a car parked on the str...
Photograph

Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A group of men and women look on as the statue, "Wisconsin," tipped sideways, is lifted from the scaffold. Only the bottom section of the statue is visible...
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Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: Several men are looking at the statue "Wisconsin" as she rests on a low scaffold on the roof of the West Wing. The statue is wrapped with rope and attached...
Photograph

Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: The statue "Wisconsin" in midair being raised from the scaffold on the roof of the West Wing up to the dome. Men are standing on the balcony on the right.
Photograph

Scaffold Used to Hoist "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 1914
Description: Scaffold used to hoist the statue "Wisconsin" to the Capitol dome is set up near two stone statues above a stone balcony.
Photograph

Scaffolding Used to Build the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1913
Description: View from street of scaffolding and cranes on the Wisconsin State Capitol used to construct the building. Pedestrians and a carriage are in the foreground.
Photograph

Scaffolding Used to Build the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 12 1913
Description: View from ground looking up at the scaffolding and cranes on the Wisconsin State Capitol used to construct the building. Text at bottom reads: "Wisconsin S...
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Scaffolding Used to Build the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 12 1913
Description: View from street of the caffolding and cranes on the Wisconsin State Capitol used to construct the building. Men and women walk on the sidewalk in the fore...
Photograph

Raising "Wisconsin" to the Wisconsin State Capitol Dome

Date: 07 20 1914
Description: A group of men look on as the statue "Wisconsin" is lifted from the crate using ropes and pulleys. Ropes are wrapped around the statue and the statue's rig...
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State Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 1898
Description: Elevated view across Langdon Street of the Wisconsin State Historical Society building under construction in winter with snow on the ground. A group of men...
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Rephotographic Pair: A Stone Church

Date: 
Description: A vintage view and a modern view of a stone church built in 1851 at the junction of Highway 39 and County Trunk X, presented as a pair.
Postcard

Cedarburg Woolen Mills

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Description: Exterior view across street toward two industrial buildings. A group of people are gathered in the street in front. Caption reads: "Cedarburg Woolen Mills,...
Photograph

Construction of Fourth Capitol Dome

Date: 1911
Description: View from ground towards the construction of the dome for the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. The 1904 fire that destroyed large sections of the t...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View of a group of construction workers standing on the side of the building on a stack of lumber. They are using a large wooden structure supporting a pul...

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