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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
| Date: | 07 1914 |
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| Description: | Starting to raise "Wisconsin" statue onto the dome of the Wisconsin State Capitol (the fourth State Capitol, the third in Madison, 1906 - ). The gilded bro... |
| Date: | 08 19 1925 |
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| Description: | Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below s... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of construction workers and brick layers nearing completion of construction of the Twine Mill at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was ... |
| Date: | 08 1907 |
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| Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Construction crew building a double streetcar track around the Capitol Square on North Pinckney Street. The oversized awnings were common around the Square... |
| Date: | 10 27 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction crew working on Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, showing the W.R. Baker Tavern at 601 E. Wilson Street, and the Pa... |
| Date: | 08 05 1931 |
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| Description: | Steeplejacks Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, in the cap, repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. The photograph was... |
| Date: | 08 05 1931 |
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| Description: | Close-up of Don Coffey, in the foreground, and Bruce Russell, wearing the cap, steeplejacks repointing the University of Wisconsin heating plant chimney. P... |
| Date: | 12 26 1930 |
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| Description: | Rear addition to Wisconsin Telephone Co., 17 S. Fairchild Street. Part of the Loraine Hotel is on the left. |
| Date: | 08 01 1928 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 07 02 1930 |
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| Description: | State Office Building, Wilson Street, construction showing concrete mixer, workers, and a Castle & Doyle truck dumping. |
| Date: | 09 07 1930 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin-Madison Mechanical Engineering Building at 1513 University Avenue under construction. Men are working on the steel framework. A mas... |
| Date: | 06 07 1930 |
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| Description: | Basement of State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, facing towards Wilson Street. |
| Date: | 08 01 1930 |
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| Description: | Basement and ground floor of State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction. View toward Lake Monona. |
| Date: | 03 12 1930 |
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| Description: | The University of Wisconsin-Madison Field House frame under construction, with novoid corkboard being installed on the south bleachers of Camp Randall in t... |
| Date: | 03 13 1930 |
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| Description: | Franklin School, 305 West Lakeside Street, showing installation of novoid corkboard on the roof. |
| Date: | 12 27 1929 |
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| Description: | Four men laying Novoid Corkboard on the roof of the Tenney Building, located at 110 East Main Street. |
| Date: | 10 01 1929 |
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| Description: | State Bank of Wisconsin addition from the rear, 1 W. Main Street, under construction. "J.H. Kelly general contractor." |
| Date: | 09 04 1929 |
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| Description: | Addition to State Bank of Wisconsin under construction, with construction workers. 1 W. Main Street. |
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