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Groundbreaking for Madison General Hospital Addition

Date: 07 10 1950
Description: Edward J. B. Schubring (left), president of Madison General hospital association, and City Manager Leonard G. Howell wield the shovels at the groundbreakin...
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Men on Manure Spreader

Date: 1916
Description: Two men with shovels on a horse-drawn manure spreader.
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Underground Mining for Lead and Zinc

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Description: Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. A group of young men are shown mining underground. Caption rea...
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Man Cleaning Barn Gutter

Date: 08 1930
Description: A man using a shovel and a litter carrier on a track system to clean the gutter of a dairy barn at International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm. Th...
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Edgewood Elementary School Groundbreaking

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Participating in the groundbreaking ceremonies for a new elementary school building on the Edgewood campus are left to right, foreground: Mother Evelyn Mot...
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Catholic Church Ground Breaking

Date: 05 24 1953
Description: Ground breaking ceremonies at the site of St. Mary of the Lake Catholic Church to replace the church that was destroyed by fire in 1951. The Reverend Edwar...
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Man Loads Fertilizer onto Horse-Drawn Manure Spreader

Date: 09 22 1926
Description: A man standing in the doorway of a farm building uses a shovel to load fertilizer onto a manure spreader pulled by a team of horses.
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Ready-Mix Concrete Mixer

Date: 03 01 1927
Description: A man stands on a piece of equipment holding a shovel to move the contents of an International truck owned by the Ready-Mixed Concrete Corp. into a wheelba...
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Men Digging a Pit

Date: 1907
Description: Several men are standing and posing next to a large pit. The men, dressed in work clothes, are equipped with shovels. There is a truck backed up to the pit...
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Gaylord Nelson and Green Thumb Work Crew

Date: 1965
Description: Gaylord Nelson, squatting, and holding a freshly planted tree. He is surrounded by a Burlington County, New Jersey work crew employed in conservation work ...
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Soldiers at Slit Trench

Date: 08 18 1943
Description: Soldiers working on slit trench in the rain on Kiriwina Island in the Solomon Sea, New Guinea (present day Papua New Guinea). They all hail from Michigan. ...
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Quarry and Crew at Stone Company

Date: 1912
Description: Group portrait of quarrymen posing with their implements. There are carts on tracks that lead to the cliffs of the quarry behind the group.
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View of Barn and Family

Date: 1916
Description: Barn and silo, with horses and farm wagon, and three children in pony buggy. Three men stand near the horse-drawn wagon on the left. The two horses are wea...
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Groundbreaking for UW Van Vleck Hall Mathematics Building

Date: 06 06 1961
Description: Men hold shovels during the groundbreaking ceremony held for the new U.W. mathematics building. It will be located between Bascom Hall and Sterling Hall an...
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Men Working in a Field

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Description: Ten men are working in a field. They are bending over and digging with shovels.
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Quarry Laborers

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Description: Group portrait of men posing standing near and on a rock face with shovels and pickaxes. Behind them are shrubs and trees on a hill, with a power line at t...
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Coffee Patio in Costa Rica

Date: 1902
Description: Elevated view of a coffee patio in Costa Rica. The patio consists of several flat cement compartments each with a pile of coffee beans in them. Workers are...
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Reconstruction after the 1911 Flood

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with people walking on a dirt road, and others working at the site. Location identified as the reconstruction following t...
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Snow Scene

Date: 03 09 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with a large group of people digging a car out of the snow with shovels. The car can barely be seen in the center of the cro...
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 03 1881
Description: Winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad right of way. Between F...

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