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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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Durfee Brothers Roofing

Date: 05 10 1935
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...
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Men's Dormitories

Date: 1925
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...
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Philadelphia Road Work with #3/2 Adams Motor Grader

Date: 1949
Description: Men using a Number 3/2 Adams Motor Grader for road construction on Pine Street in Philadelphia. A laundry store is on the corner.
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. A woman is walking on the street nearby, and a boy or man w...
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Excavating for New Building

Date: 07 1908
Description: Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store.
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Bettendorf Tank Arsenal Office Building

Date: 04 04 1942
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...
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Office Building at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 04 04 1942
Description: Workers from the Tunnicliff Construction Company build a temporary office building at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. On the right a par...
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Elevated View of Clark Street

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view north along Clark Street with pedestrians, street cars, trucks and automobiles. Lincoln Park is on the right; the Belden Stratford Hotel is o...
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Panama Camp Construction Workers

Date: 1942
Description: The camp construction executive and workers gather to pose for a group portrait in Panama. The executive is sitting in a chair and the workers are gathered...
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Fort Wayne Builders Supply Company Truck

Date: 1937
Description: A man unloads a door from the bed of an International D-35 truck owned by Fort Wayne Builders Supply Company. A house under construction is in the backgrou...
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Solomon Juneau House

Date: 11 1987
Description: "A workman was photographed as final touches were being completed on the reshingled roof of the Solomon Juneau Home."
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IH Cartage Trucks with Concrete Tubes

Date: 10 15 1928
Description: Two IH trucks for "W.E. Draper Cartage" are parked on the side of the road. Both trucks are hauling large concrete tubes, probably for construction work. T...
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West Henni Street

Date: 07 1991
Description: "The road is being repaired on West Henni Street."
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Road Work

Date: 1994
Description: "Blacktop is being laid at this intersection in the Village of Theresa."
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Solomon Juneau House Marker

Date: 06 05 1997
Description: "On this date, the Solomon Juneau House marker is erected. The marker program was started in 1952 and now numbers 347 markers throughout the state, with si...
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Man Operating Hough Pay Loader

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Description: Man operating a Hough Pay Loader to move earth. Houses are in the background.
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Man Operating Drott Skid-Shovel to Move Tree Trunk

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Description: Man operating a Drott Skid-Shovel to move a tree trunk near a grave. Houses are in the background.
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Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 560 Hough Pay Loader. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders: a new 560 and a...
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Man Operating 560 Hough Pay Loader

Date: 1972
Description: Slightly elevated view of a man operating a 560 Hough Pay Loader. C&M Enterprises, excavation contractors, are using two Hough Pay Loaders: a new 560 and a...

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