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R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Insulation Truck

Date: 12 23 1936
Description: R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Capitol Rock Wool insulation truck parked in front of 309 North Pinckney Street.
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Installing Rock Wool Insulation

Date: 11 21 1936
Description: Three men on scaffolding are installing Capitol Rock Wool insulation, from a R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Inc. truck into a house at 616 N. Carroll Street.
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Jacobs I Residence

Date: 1937
Description: Front elevation of the Herbert Jacobs Residence known as Jacobs I, designed by Frank Lloyd Wright, during construction. A car is parked in the carport.
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Wingspread Construction

Date: 1935
Description: Cars in the driveway in front of the Herbert F. Johnson Residence, "Wingspread," during construction. The residence was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright and ...
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Waupun Stone Mills

Date: 1878
Description: View of Waupun Stone Mills, established in 1849, in the background. Construction of an addition is underway. People are in the foreground in front of a br...
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Taliesin from the South

Date: 1911
Description: Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the south. The exterior of the bedroom wing and the living room can be seen in the distance at the right. Th...
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Landscape, Milk Room, Water Tower, and Garage at Taliesin

Date: 1911
Description: Landscape and construction of the milk room, water tower, and garage at Taliesin, the home of Frank Lloyd Wright, from the west. Ladders are propped agains...
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Lathrop Residence

Date: 1882
Description: View of excavation for the Lathrop residence, home of William H. Lathrop.
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Modular Housing

Date: 03 11 1946
Description: A truck arrives at a construction site in Wisconsin Rapids loaded with walls for a factory-built house. The house was the product of the Plastics Division...
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Low Cost Housing for World War II Veterans

Date: 09 23 1948
Description: A low-cost house built in Marlborough Heights on Madison's East Side by contractor C.J. "Cap" Goucher. The house is similar to 20 houses being constructed ...
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Construction Workers Walking through Neighborhood

Date: 1937
Description: Large group of construction workers walking through neighborhood of houses that are in the middle of being constructed.
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Men Leveling Ground for Construction

Date: 1937
Description: Men work to level the ground for foundations to be poured for homes. Exposed brick walls of partially constructed homes are on the left and right, and a di...
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A.A. Elkind & Company Model Home #3

Date: 08 10 1950
Description: Photograph of model home #3 constructed at 201 Harding Street by A.A. Elkind & Company, builders and developers, 1940 Winnebago Street. The image appeared ...
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Commercial Street Scene

Date: 1930
Description: View looking down a commercial street. Shops and cars in angled parking spaces line both sides of the paved street. A horse-drawn wagon is in the far dista...
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House by Harold Bewick

Date: 03 15 1954
Description: Advertisement for an open house at a newly-built house at 4137 Council Crest, Nakoma. The house was built by Harold E. Bewick, building contractor, and adv...
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Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: View down unpaved street. A group of men and boys congregate on the porch of a storefront. Two men and two children stand in the street. There is a windmil...

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