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| 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: | 1909 |
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| Description: | A crane lowers the flag pole from the third Wisconsin State Capitol as the first step in demolition of the dome. An iron eagle is perched atop the flag pol... |
| Date: | 07 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of horses and buggies lining the street in front of the Wisconsin State Journal building during its demolition. There are dark clouds in the ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A group of men stand outside of the post office. There is a parked car at the curb. A building is being demolished and there is a pile of rubble in the str... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A snapshot, taken during the summer, of the Jewish temple being demolished in Danzig. |
| Date: | 11 1991 |
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| Description: | Theresa landmark disappeared over the weekend as part of the highway improvement plan. Originally built by Morris Lehner, the tavern and restaurant was a p... |
| Date: | 09 1994 |
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| Description: | Crowd looks on as crew demolishes building across street. |
| Date: | 01 1999 |
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| Description: | Krueger's Empire Hotel, the building that stood on the South West corner of Milwaukee and Rock River streets, has been razed. |
| Date: | 06 08 1961 |
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| Description: | A lone workman is silhouetted in the rear of the old Park Hotel. A new hotel is scheduled for completion in the fall of 1962. |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | A man holding a paper-wrapped package under his arm pauses while shopping to watch the demolition of the Pioneer block and Madison Theater on the Madison C... |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | Two men are watching from a shady spot in Capitol Park as buildings are being demolished to make way for a J.C. Penney store. The photograph was taken with... |
| Date: | 09 26 1957 |
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| Description: | An observer leans on a parking meter on Monona Avenue to watch the demolition of the Madison Theater to make way for a new building to house a J.C. Penney ... |
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