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Two Men Shaking Hands

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Description: Two men shaking hands while working to complete structural steel work on the Wisconsin State Capitol.
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 1909
Description: Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d...
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Raising "Wisconsin" Statue

Date: 07 1914
Description: Starting to raise "Wisconsin" statue onto the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madison, 1906 - ). The gilded bro...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Demolition

Date: 08 1907
Description: The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18...
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Wisconsin State Capitol (Third) Construction Disaster

Date: 1883
Description: The third Wisconsin State Capitol after the unfinished South Wing collapsed on November 8, 1883. Defective workmanship and shoddy construction materials ca...
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Capitol Dome Construction Crew

Date: 1910
Description: Group portrait of the crew that constructed the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. The new East Wing is visible in the background.
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Wisconsin State Capitol Dome under Construction

Date: 10 1869
Description: The second Wisconsin State Capitol dome under construction, showing the workmen and the equipment they used to hoist construction materials into place.
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Third Wisconsin State Capitol Demolition Close-Up

Date: 1909
Description: Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta...
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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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Razing of Manchester's Department Store

Date: 06 1985
Description: View up Wisconsin Avenue at West Dayton Street towards the razing of Manchester's Department Store. There are construction workers working near two cranes ...
Postcard

Construction of the Fourth Capitol Tower

Date: 12 30 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the construction of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. The ironwork tower is in the center of what would become the rotu...
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Construction of Fourth Capitol Building Dome

Date: 1911
Description: View along top of roof towards the fourth State Capitol building under construction, with erection tower and gin pole behind the girders of the dome substr...
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Group Portrait of Capitol Building Construction Workers

Date: 05 30 1911
Description: Group portrait of construction workers for the dome of the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. In total thirty-two men are posing, with six of the men...
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Fourth Capitol Dome Superstructure

Date: 1911
Description: Construction of the dome for the Fourth Wisconsin State Capitol building. Four men are at working around the girders of the dome. One man is marked with an...
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Construction Site with View of the Wisconsin State Capitol

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Description: A State Office Building construction site, downtown, with a view of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Two men on the right are working with boards on sawhorses....
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Eiffel Tower Replica

Date: 09 17 1964
Description: Pedestrians pass a replica of the Eiffel Tower being constructed by workers at the corner of East Washington and Pinckney Streets on the Capitol Square. Th...
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State Street Towards the Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1965
Description: View down center of State Street at the intersection of W. Gilman Street. On the left men are working near construction barriers in the street in front of ...

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