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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Addition

Date: 12 26 1930
Description: Rear addition to Wisconsin Telephone Co., 17 S. Fairchild Street. Part of the Loraine Hotel is on the left.
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U.S. Post Office & Courthouse Under Construction

Date: 08 01 1928
Description: View looking north from corner of Monona Avenue and Wilson Street of front and side of the building, with workmen finishing the basement level. Automobiles...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue, view looking south west.
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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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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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Construction of the Wisconsin Power and Light Building

Date: 10 11 1928
Description: View looking up Fairchild Street towards the Wisconsin Power and Light building, at 122 W. Washington Avenue, under construction, with a man working near a...
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Wisconsin Telephone Co. Building Site

Date: 03 03 1947
Description: Wisconsin Telephone Co. building site, 122 West Main Street, from intersection of West Main Street and South Fairchild Street looking at first and second f...
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Nick's Restaurant near World Trade Center

Date: 1969
Description: Two construction workers and a businessman walk by Nick's Restaurant. The photograph was taken near the construction of the World Trade Center.
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Baxter House

Date: 1912
Description: View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r...
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Men Working on Building

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Description: Men constructing a building, or laying a foundation for the post-flood business district dam, using steam-powered machinery in front of the Merchants Hotel...
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Wisconsin Telephone Company Construction

Date: 05 15 1947
Description: Elevated view of men pouring cement into the forms of the Wisconsin Telephone Company's new seven story building on the corner of West Main Street and Sout...
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Construction Worker Crouched at Manhole

Date: 1969
Description: A construction worker wearing a red hard hat crouches next to an open manhole in the street.
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Demolition on Kilbourn Avenue

Date: 04 10 1941
Description: View across street towards men working among stripped trees in a demolition area on Kilbourn Avenue.
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Plankinton House

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the street and construction site outside of the Plankinton House hotel and various storefronts. Along the street and sidewalks are horse-d...
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Memorial Library under Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp...
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Sewer Pipe Installation with Hough Payloader

Date: 1947
Description: A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w...
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Taco Bell under Construction

Date: 05 1981
Description: 1920 South Park Street.
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Belmont Hotel Window Painting

Date: 06 18 1952
Description: William F. Guethlein, Sauk City, resting on a scaffold on the Belmont Hotel, 31 North Pinckney Street. He has been repairing and painting the hotel windows...
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Solomon Juneau House

Date: 11 1987
Description: "A workman was photographed as final touches were being completed on the reshingled roof of the Solomon Juneau Home."

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