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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View of the Marathon County Court House being razed. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Marathon County Court House grounds in the foreground. The uprooting of the trees was done in preparation to raze the court house. |
| Date: | 03 30 1975 |
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| Description: | View of the 100-year-old First United Methodist Church (formerly the First Methodist Episcopal Church) in the process of being demolished. It stood at the ... |
| 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: | 06 19 1939 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee County Court House in the process of being razed. A worker is standing on part of the second floor, in front of what is left of the dome. |
| 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: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) is on the left. Three men are working... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Gymnasium annex undergoing demolition near Armory (Red Gym or Old Red) on University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. A man is working in the lower center of t... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | View down Bascom Hill of Science Hall (1876-1884) in the process of being demolished. |
| Date: | 06 15 1949 |
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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 adjudged the second most be... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | The old YMCA building in the initial stage of demolition. |
| Date: | 1954 |
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| Description: | View from atop a building across Wisconsin Avenue of the Fuller Opera House during its demolition. |
| Date: | 06 12 1952 |
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| Description: | Carl Federman, foreman of the Allen Wrecking Company, standing on the truck being loaded with debris from the razing of the Democrat Printing Company build... |
| Date: | 08 04 1953 |
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| Description: | Children walking along the sidewalk near the Hoffman Feed Company building, 503 Regent Street, which is being torn down to widen the street at the intersec... |
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