Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Workmen stand atop and in front of the remnants of the last remaining wing, the North Wing, of the third Wisconsin State Capitol building. |
Date: | 1913 |
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Description: | Workmen demolishing the North Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. Because the North Wing escaped damage during the fire in 1904, the North Wing cont... |
Date: | 08 09 1906 |
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Description: | Demolition of the semi-circular West Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol. In this picture the upper stories are gone, but behind the scaffolding the... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Workmen posing on the partially demolished dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol, together with the hoist used for removing salvaged materials. This d... |
Date: | 1958 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the Dane County Courthouse as it is being razed. Much of it is still intact in this image. Lake Monona and Monona Bay are in the distance. |
Date: | 1970 |
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Description: | Historic home on University Avenue being demolished. The home was replaced by Burger King, a fast-food, drive-in restaurant. |
Date: | 08 1907 |
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Description: | The dismantling of the dome of the third Wisconsin State Capitol began with the removal of the 32-foot flagpole. The eagle at the top of the pole was an 18... |
Date: | 1907 |
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Description: | The construction of the East Wing of the new Capitol is underway. This is a view of the North and South Wings and the dome of the Third Wisconsin State Cap... |
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Description: | View looking down into the chaotic heaps of twisted metal and tires at the H. Gutkin Co. auto wrecking yard. |
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Description: | Man driving Hough Payloader, clearing land and loading demolition debris. Hough became a subsidiary of International Harvester Company. |
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: | 1909 |
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Description: | Close-up of the demolition of the dome of the Third Capitol, one of the few known photographs that permits such close observation of the architectural deta... |
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: | 1890 |
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Description: | Demolished building with a group of men standing on the rubble. |
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