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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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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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House Insulation with Rock Wool

Date: 01 17 1934
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...
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Street Work with International G-61 Truck

Date: 04 19 1921
Description: A man working on a residential street with a shovel and an International Model G-61 truck. The truck was operated by the Williams Brother's Concrete and Ce...
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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William Sachtjen

Date: 1940
Description: Future District Court Judge William Sachtjen, wearing an apron and holding a broom. He is standing behind a 7-Up sign. Sachtjen worked at Droster's Grocery...
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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Gasoline Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar...
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Workers on Roof and Dormer of House Under Construction

Date: 03 13 1950
Description: A familiar sight around Madison is workers framing in houses. Two workers are working on a roof and dormer.
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Indianapolis Power and Light Company

Date: 04 08 1936
Description: Man standing on a ladder replacing a light on a residential street. The ladder is extended from the bed of an International truck owned by the Indianapolis...
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Man Boarding International Metro Truck

Date: 06 1949
Description: Man, possibly William E. Bahn, boarding International Metro truck.
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Convict Laborers

Date: 1915
Description: A group of convict laborers are wearing striped jumpsuits as they work to construct a road. Railroad tracks run through the foreground and people are stand...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 17 1953
Description: Four members of the Madison Parks Department building the ramp on Midvale Avenue for the upcoming Madison Soap Box derby. Left to right: Vie Cramer, Don Ke...
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Clearing Land

Date: 12 18 1922
Description: A man is using a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor to assist in clearing land in a residential area. Several other men are standing in the background hold...
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Madison Soap Box Derby Starting Ramp

Date: 07 22 1954
Description: City parks personnel, left to right: Carl J. Schultz, Herbert Gorman, Daniel Finn and Richard Gilliard put up the starting ramp on South Midvale Boulevard ...
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Quartering Logs for Barrels

Date: 1952
Description: Employees of Hess Cooperage quarter log sections for barrel-making. The man standing in the middle of the image is Joe Hess.
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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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Sid with Toonerville in Winter

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Description: Sid standing in his snowy backyard looking at his wooden trolley, Toonerville, which has been covered with plastic for the winter. Some of Sid's sculptures...
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Construction of Gisholt Building

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Description: View of construction of the skywalk across Baldwin Street at the Gisholt plant, facing East Washington Avenue. Two workers, one obscured by a beam, are unl...
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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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