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| Date: | 03 13 1946 |
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| Description: | First Unitarian Society Meeting House, 125 Wisconsin Avenue, being razed by Arneson Wrecking Company. View is from Wisconsin Avenue. On the left is the edu... |
| Date: | 06 16 1945 |
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| Description: | Endres and Tiedeman garage building demolition at 107 East Doty Street, taken for American Automobile Association. |
| Date: | 08 01 1929 |
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| Description: | Originally the Evangelical Association's Immanuel Church, 106 North Hamilton Street, which was converted into a waiting room for the Jackson Clinic shown t... |
| Date: | 07 30 1946 |
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| Description: | Remodeling of Montague building at 8-12 East Mifflin Street for expansion of Manchesters Department Store and the Madison Room restaurant. Businesses prev... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of lower University of Wisconsin-Madison campus with demolition of buildings on both sides of the Armory-Gymnasium to make space for future pla... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | View looking down at people working on John Street Bridge during the razing. There is a crane on the bridge. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Tearing down Eau Claire House to make way for the Y.M.C.A. building. A man is standing on the roof. A sign in the street reads, in part: "Electric Light He... |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue, in the course of demolition. |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | A crane is used in the demolition of City Hall on the corner of Mifflin Street and Wisconsin Avenue. |
| Date: | 03 1975 |
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| Description: | The First Methodist Church on Wisconsin Avenue in the process of being razed. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the old high school building in Richland Center. Caption reads: "Ruins — of Old High School Bldg. Richland Ctr, Wis". |
| Date: | 1970 |
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| Description: | Mapleside, a historic home on University Avenue, being demolished. It is the future location of Burger King. |
| Date: | 06 24 1945 |
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| Description: | Charles Carman Blacksmith Shop, South Franklin Street between East Main and East Wilson Streets, demolished to build a four-unit apartment building. The or... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | A rear view of the Atwood / Buck-Neckerman house, at 210-214 Monona Avenue (now Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard). Built by David Atwood and his partner R... |
| Date: | 09 1954 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue from the Wisconsin State Capitol balcony. At the lower left, the demolition of old City Hall is in progress, which began ... |
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| Description: | Demolition of a smokestack. The stack is falling into a pile of rubble not far from the road. |
| Date: | 06 09 1939 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Milwaukee County Court House, with a tree-filled park area in the foreground and the city in the background. There is debris on the roof, ... |
| Date: | 06 19 1939 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee County Court House being demolished. A wing of the building is gone, and many windows are broken. |
| Date: | 04 10 1941 |
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| Description: | View across street towards men working among stripped trees in a demolition area on Kilbourn Avenue. |
| Date: | 04 10 1941 |
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| Description: | A structure is being demolished on Kilbourn Avenue. |
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