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House on Bernard Court

Date: 12 19 1936
Description: View across street towards a three-story house on Bernard Court. The address on the door reads "202," and a sled is leaning up against the wall near the fr...
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Pyrofax Plant

Date: 08 1929
Description: Carbide & Carbon Chemicals Co. Pyrofax plant under construction, 130 Fair Oaks Avenue. Men are pouring a cement floor.
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Forest House

Date: 1875
Description: The Forest House, a hotel, restaurant and stage office. It was operated by Mr. and Mrs. Chas. A. Dingle and was located on the corner of Third and Forest S...
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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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Peters Tools Employees

Date: 11 12 1948
Description: View from across street of employees of Peters Tools, Local 100, standing on the sidewalk in front of the brick storefront with a number of cases at their ...
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Shoeshine Boys

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Description: Five boys stand on the sidewalk holding their shoe shining tools and supplies. They are wearing work clothes; shirts, knickers, stockings, shoes and caps. ...
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Roofers on an Unidentified Residence

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Description: View across sidewalk towards two men posing standing on top of a wooden house which they are roofing.
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Opening of Madison Public Housing

Date: 12 30 1964
Description: One of 36 new apartments at the Truax Field Madison public housing site. It is one of four public housing sites in Madison providing 160 units for those el...
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Truck Driver in International Truck

Date: 08 31 1927
Description: View across street towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a truck parked along a curb. Another man is in the bed of the truck, which has a ladder an...
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Repaving & Widening Preparations for Washington Street

Date: 1948
Description: View down sidewalk along Washington Street facing east. Excavation is going on between S. 8th and S. 9th Streets. A crew is mixing concrete and doing work ...
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"Blue Dragon Urn" Relocation Project

Date: 05 2000
Description: Lou Host-Jablonski, AIA architect, preparing the new concrete foundation for the "Blue Dragon Urn," which was relocated from Sid Boyum's backyard to the pu...
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Smashed Store Windows on State Street

Date: 07 16 1958
Description: Glass workers repair damage to 14 store windows on State Street after John O'Connor smashed them during the night and stole items from Goodman's Jewelry St...
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John Cory Storefront

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Description: View across unpaved street toward a group of four men standing on a platform in front of the large open door of a building. A larger open door is above the...

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