Search the Wisconsin Historical Society's collections
Filter: Categories of Wisconsin Historical Images
Filter: Subject of Work
Filter: Subject of building materials
| Date: | 03 21 1997 |
|---|---|
| Description: | "The base of the new water tower is now taking shape." |
| Date: | 1900 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across water of men working to construct a brush dam about seven miles north of Cassville. There are two groups of well-dressed people, who appear to ... |
| Date: | 1967 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of construction of the T-shaped addition on the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters Building, from Science Hall looking southeast. Vehi... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | A Pan-Am Cafe and Service Station while under construction. Three people are standing near the doorway. The station was owned by Amzie Moore, noted civil r... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View across snow of a group of men working to construct a wooden bridge that crosses a ravine. Another group of both men and women standing on a road look ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Portrait of of a Russian woman wearing heavy furs. She is standing near the construction of a wooden bridge. In the background are men standing near and on... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Lieutenant Colonel P.S. Morris, Commanding Officer, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in heavy fur clothing, laying in a sled with a horse harnessed and ready ... |
| Date: | 11 10 1942 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Without nails, wire or rope, indigenous men build a large structure for an American hospital unit headed by Major Stanley Hollenbeck of Milwaukee, Wisconsi... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | View from road of a brick building under construction. Five men are posed in front near a pile of bricks. Four men are posed in the window openings on the ... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | View looking down log bridge which is in the process of being built by a group of soldiers. The bridge crosses over a gully. In the distance is a horse-dra... |
| Date: | 1918 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Russians erecting new wireless radio poles near a town. In the background are a number of large buildings behind a wooden fence. On the ground are barrels ... |
| Date: | 10 09 1959 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Portrait of Orla V. Coleman, business agent of Madison Iron Workers Local 383. Earlier in his career as a iron worker he participated in many construction ... |
| Date: | 1963 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Old high school building partly demolished and reflected in the windows of a new school building being constructed. |
| Date: | 1962 |
|---|---|
| Description: | The Hill Farms State Office Building at Segoe Road under construction, seen from down the road, with a luxuriant growth of weeds in the foreground. |
| Date: | 08 17 1958 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Building for a new “supermarket” food and household necessities store, under construction on the outskirts of the Milwaukee area. In the background is a ba... |
| Date: | 04 03 1957 |
|---|---|
| Description: | Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Barn raising, showing the stone foundation and timbers stacked in a pile in the foreground. A smaller building is on the left behind the tower support for ... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Group of men working on a barn raising, showing some of the workers up on the frame securing the timbers, and other workers carrying more timbers into posi... |
| Date: | |
|---|---|
| Description: | Photographic postcard of workmen posing with a partially built shed or corn crib. One man in sitting on the roof timbers. Two wagons with lumber are parked... |
If you didn't find the material you searched for, our Library Reference Staff can help.
Call our reference desk at 608-264-6535 or email us at:
