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| Date: | 11 21 1936 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 05 10 1935 |
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| Description: | Durfee Brothers Roofing Co. truck in front of a home, Jos. P. Slightam residence) at 341 West Wilson Street, with a roofer installing shingles on the steep... |
| 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: | 1875 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Truck at the construction site of the World Trade Center. |
| Date: | 10 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction of the Coca Cola building at 3536 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | View across parking lot of Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The gymnasium annex in course of demolition. There ... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of dormitories under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Men are working in different areas on the site. Lake Mendota... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man hangs on to the side of a train from a ladder and waves his hand. Original caption reads: "Giving his engineer the 'highball' upon arrival of the 25-... |
| Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | The Shell filling station, 341 State Street, as workers are starting to tear it down. The station, built in 1924 and at one time judged the second most bea... |
| Date: | 03 31 1927 |
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| Description: | Men use an International tractor to power a belt for work with hay. A ladder leans against a large haystack in the background with a sign reading: "Crop Dr... |
| Date: | 04 04 1942 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the east side of a temporary office building under construction at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. Several cars are par... |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man driving a manure spreader pulled by a team of horses. In the background is a large barn with three silos, a tractor, wagons and an a... |
| Date: | 07 19 1937 |
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| Description: | View from street towards a man at the John Barnes Roofing Company loading lumber onto the bed of an International D-30 truck parked in front of a company b... |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of group of children awaiting the arrival of a train outside Lehigh Valley Railroad Station. |
| Date: | 1966 |
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| Description: | Mechanic pushing a hydraulic car jack at an American Oil Company truck stop. Three trucks are parked at the gas pumps in the background. |
| Date: | 1962 |
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| Description: | Gas attendant Sam Fry stands on a ladder to clean the windshields of an International Harvester truck parked near a gas pump at a truck stop. The original ... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of front and side of the almost-completed Winnebago School of Agriculture and Domestic Economy. Construction workers are on the building... |
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| Description: | Conklin Ice House on Lake Mendota. A man is standing in the snow-covered yard in the foreground near a sleigh, and a carriage with a sign painted on the si... |
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| Description: | Outdoor group portrait of men posing on horse-drawn wagons parked in front of the Conklin Ice House. In the background on the right is Lake Mendota. |
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