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| Date: | 03 01 1927 |
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| Description: | Early view of the construction of the Capitol Theatre revealing the steel frame of the building. Two men are working on the right. |
| Date: | 01 17 1934 |
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| Description: | A Johns-Manville Contractors Asbestos Products Company Rock Wool home insulation truck and trailer is parked in front of a house, with workers on ladders a... |
| Date: | 03 28 1929 |
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| Description: | Men working on the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin hydraulics laboratory, 660 N. Park Street looking north over ... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Constuction workers working on the construction of the drafting studio at the Taliesin Fellowship Complex. The roof trusses and stone walls are in place. C... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A construction site with a truck manufactured by Winther Motor and Truck Company. A forty foot boom is mounted on the truck. Workers are positioning a stee... |
| Date: | 10 04 1945 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Madison Building and Construction Trades workers signing pledge cards to donate one day's pay (about $12) to Madison War Chest campaign. |
| Date: | 03 13 1950 |
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| Description: | A familiar sight around Madison is workers framing in houses. Two workers are working on a roof and dormer. |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | An International Model KB-7 truck used to transport concrete blocks parked on a work or storage site surrounded by building materials. A man loads concrete... |
| Date: | 1874 |
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| Description: | Photographic reproduction of a lithograph showing carpenters erecting houses. |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of foundation and elaborate frame of a Gothic roofed barn, partially built. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of the Central Roofing & Supply Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, "Roofing Jobbers and Contractors," with a three-quarter view of a house with a ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | View towards front entrance of the partially constructed Senior High School. A man is walking up a board into the open doorway of the school. A horse is st... |
| Date: | 10 09 1959 |
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| 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: | 08 17 1958 |
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| 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 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of demonstration “ranch” type frame residence under construction within an auditorium, presumably in Milwaukee, for some type of trade show. ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Indoor group portrait of male employees at the Starck Manufacturing Company. Caption reads: "In 1893, Mr. John H. Findorff became a member of the Starck Mf... |
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