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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 01 02 1929
Description: Interior view of first floor lobby with construction debris and some tile work completed on the floor. In the background a man is standing on a ladder near...
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State Bank of Wisconsin Addition

Date: 09 04 1929
Description: Addition to State Bank of Wisconsin under construction, with construction workers. 1 W. Main Street.
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 09 1929
Description: View across field towards the Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, almost finished.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 09 04 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater construction, 216 State Street, from stage, looking south.
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Orpheum Theater Under Construction

Date: 10 04 1926
Description: Orpheum Theater under construction, 216 State Street, from upper balcony. A man looking up at the ceiling rafters is standing on top of scaffolding in the ...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 02 24 1950
Description: A group of workmen posing in front of the First Unitarian Society Meeting House during construction. This is one of two "work days" the men donated to the ...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, looking north across basement and first floor with part of the second floor under construction...
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Music Hall Wreck with Ladder

Date: 1890
Description: Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble.
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Main Office at Dam Site

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Completed two-story wood frame main office building at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 1942
Description: Construction site showing an additional to an International Harvester factory, probably the company's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal.
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Ground Clearing at Milwaukee Works

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view of a cleared section of land for a six-story machine shop at International Harvester's Milwaukee Works factory. Other industrial buildings an...
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Trucks at Hoover Dam

Date: 03 1932
Description: Two International trucks exit a tunnel on a dirt road leading through a canyon during the construction of the Hoover Dam. Two men stand on the top of a squ...
Postcard

Workmen Building a Shed

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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...
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Winnebago County Agricultural School Construction

Date: 1907
Description: Three-quarter view of front and side of the almost-completed Winnebago School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Construction workers are on the building...
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Building a Barn

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Description: View across field towards two men posing standing on the frame of a barn under construction next to a large haystack.
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

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Description: Elevated view of a construction site. There are two men standing on a dirt road, looking down at other men down below them working around a brick wall. A w...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 08 1921
Description: View from street towards construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles and agricultural machines. Standing in t...
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Mazo Motor Company

Date: 12 20 1921
Description: View from street of the construction of the Mazo Motor Company, which sold and serviced Ford and Fordson vehicles. Standing in the snow in the right foregr...
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: View from snowy ground of men working on the roof. In the foreground are stacks of wood on sawhorses.
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Unitarian Meeting House Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of construction workers near a truss on the roof. In the foreground on the right another man is working around piles of snow and building mat...

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