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Carvers at Work

Date: 1911
Description: Carvers at work on the Karl Bitter sculpture for the fourth Wisconsin State Capitol (third in Madison). Between 1911 and 1913, a group of stone cutters (ma...
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Union Farm and Garden Tool Delivery Truck

Date: 06 21 1938
Description: Two men look at shovels stored in the back of an International D-15 truck owned by Union Farm and Garden Tool Company. The truck is parked along the curb i...
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Panorama of Labor Union 802 of Madison, Wisconsin

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Description: Local Unions 154, 182 and 802 posed in front of the Wisconsin State Capitol. Includes Madison Locals of Brewery Workmen, Carpenters & Joiners, Cigar Makers...
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State Capitol Rewiring and Remodeling Project

Date: 07 22 1964
Description: A painter is working on a wall in the State Capitol during the process of redecorating. Over a four-year period that started in 1961 the state Building Com...
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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...
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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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Riveting Gang on Capitol Dome

Date: 1911
Description: Three men posing while doing rivet work on the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. All three men have been numbered, in correspondence with the caption. Caption...
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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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