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| Description: | Elevated view of industrial area. The building in the foreground has a sign that reads: "Machine Shop" on it roof. People are working in a large open area,... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | International tractor and other machines at an urban construction(?) site, probably in Chicago. Large city buildings are in the background. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Several older buildings are visible in the foreground, while the framework of a World Trade Center Tower is visible in the background. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | A notification is on a window that reads, "Beer or other alcoholic beverages will not be permitted to pass through this gate." Beyond the gate, the World T... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of the construction process of the World Trade Center through a window with venetian blinds. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View from below of the bucket of a backhoe. In the background, the top of a building is visible. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Two men talking at the base of the construction site of The World Trade Center. |
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| Description: | A tree-framed view of the Wisconsin State Capitol from the shore of Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of warehouse district east of downtown. Tall brick buildings including the Alton Mercantile Company stand next to wide streets with sidewalks... |
| Date: | 1959 |
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| Description: | Elevated view looking over a parking lot full of International Metro trucks. Factory buildings are in the background. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of Patek Brothers, Inc., of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, a paint company, with a halftone image of a hand dipping a brush into a can of Patek paint, el... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | View over pier made of pilings towards a floating drydock, now embedded in the ice, near Solombola, Russia. There are tall buildings behind it on the oppos... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Overhead view looking down from a tall building at passing traffic and workmen on suspended scaffolding near the sidewalk. |
| Date: | 02 23 1978 |
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| Description: | A Caterpillar bulldozer breaking ground for the construction of the State Natural Resources Building, also known as General Executive Facility (GEF) 2, and... |
| Date: | 1976 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of three men standing outdoors and looking at a map. Behind them is a dump truck and a loader/backhoe. In the background is a city s... |
| Date: | 07 19 1928 |
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| Description: | View down street towards a man using a McCormick Deering hoist. A group of men are manually setting a lamppost or other object onto a sidewalk. |
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