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Installing Rock Wool Insulation

Date: 11 21 1936
Description: Three men on scaffolding are installing Capitol Rock Wool insulation, from a R.H. and E.H. Carpenter Inc. truck into a house at 616 N. Carroll Street.
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State Office Building

Date: 06 07 1930
Description: Basement of State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, facing towards Wilson Street.
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Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium

Date: 07 10 1929
Description: Dane County Tuberculosis Sanatorium under construction, with three men with a steam shovel clearing trees. 1202 Northport Drive. J.P. Cullen, Contractor.
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Farmworkers Taking a Break

Date: 1913
Description: Group of farm workers, men and women, posing in a field, holding various beverages. One man has his arm over a barrel on a stand in the center. In the back...
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Tollef Gjermundsen Farmstead

Date: 1874
Description: View down hill towards two men in the foreground standing on top of a stone fence looking out onto fields where two or three men are working with two wagon...
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Men in Field Pointing at Livestock

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Description: Two men are in a field in the foreground, one sitting in a carriage, one standing next to it, and both men pointing to the background. There we see cows, h...
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Andreas Dahl's Wagon

Date: 1871
Description: Andrew Dahl's wagon is on the side of a two-story log house in Blue Mounds. On one side of the wagon cover is "A.L. Dahl Landscape Photographer." On the ba...
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Man in Field

Date: 10 1946
Description: Man (Mr. Goodyear?) holding a muskmelon in an agricultural field.
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Blackhawk Ski Jump

Date: 12 18 1950
Description: Two men bring up a plank for a brace during construction of the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump in preparation for the second annual jumping meet at Tomahawk R...
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Blackhawk Ski Jump

Date: 12 18 1950
Description: A man prepares to hoist a plank into place during construction of the Blackhawk Ski Club ski jump in anticipation for the second annual jumping meet at Tom...
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Muir Knoll Dedication Ceremony

Date: 06 18 1918
Description: Dedication ceremony for Muir Knoll on the campus of the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Judge Milton S. Griswold is speaking at flag-draped podium, and a ...
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Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
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Hauling Milk at Hering Farm

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Description: Robert Carl Hering and his son Alexander Hering are standing next to a horse-drawn wagon filled with milk containers. Farm buildings are in the background....
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State Historical Society Building Under Construction

Date: 05 31 1898
Description: Cyanotype elevated view across Langdon Street from the Red Gym of the Wisconsin Historical Society Headquarters under construction.
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Mowing a Steep Slope

Date: 06 26 1959
Description: Richard Brachman, an engineer, demonstrates his solution for the problem of mowing the grass on a steep slope near his home. He removed the handles of his ...
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Bascom Hill Burial Excavation

Date: 08 1918
Description: Workers at the site of two graves discovered on Bascom Hill in front of Main Hall (now Bascom Hall). One man sprays water from a hose. The disturbed soil o...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Hill captain Werner Schorr smooths snow near the base of the ski jump scaffold during the Blackhawk Ski Club's annual jumping tournament at their Tomahawk ...
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Blackhawk Ski Club Jumping Tournament

Date: 02 03 1956
Description: Moritz Schorr spreads cinders on the slippery steps of the ski jump scaffold during the Blackhawk Ski Club's annual jumping tournament at their Tomahawk Ri...
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Ice Harvesting Machine

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Description: A man stands near an ice harvesting machine on a lake. A label on the machine reads: "Wisconsin." There is open water behind him, and in the far background...
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Man Posing with Child on Tractor

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Description: A man and child pose sitting on a tractor in a farmyard. In the background is a barn, and piles of hay behind a fence on the right. In the far background i...

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