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| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | A crane places the gilded bronze statue, "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, on top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | The bronze statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Chester French, is hoisted to the top of the Wisconsin State Capitol dome. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | The Wisconsin State Capitol under construction during the summer of 1914. One wing is still under construction and the statue "Wisconsin," by Daniel Cheste... |
| Date: | 12 1913 |
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| Description: | View from ground looking up at the scaffolding and cranes on the Wisconsin State Capitol used to construct the building. Text at bottom reads: "Wisconsin S... |
| Date: | 07 1914 |
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| Description: | Scaffold used to hoist the statue "Wisconsin" to the Capitol dome is set up near two stone statues above a stone balcony. |
| Date: | 09 30 1957 |
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| Description: | Construction site of the University of Wisconsin Holt dormitory on Elm Drive. |
| Date: | 01 13 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of State Historical Society of Wisconsin, under construction, showing the first floor of building, with Music Hall in the background. |
| Date: | 01 24 1927 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the University of Wisconsin Hospital under construction. There are construction workers on the roof. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over trees towards the Wisconsin State Capitol during construction of the dome. The wing in the foreground is the new west wing. The old nort... |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to complete the positioning of the "Forward" statue at the Wisconsin Centennial Exposition. The grandstand can be seen in the ba... |
| Date: | 08 16 1961 |
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| Description: | Foundations are being poured for the new nine-story Wisconsin State Department of Transportation Building on University Avenue and Segoe Road. |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | Several men are looking at the statue "Wisconsin" as she rests on a low scaffold on the roof of the West Wing. The statue is wrapped with rope and attached... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Factory interior at International Harvester's Wisconsin Steel Works. |
| Date: | 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Fair employees use a crane to position a version of the Forward statue that was the symbol of the 1948 Wisconsin Centennial Exposition and State Fair. |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | A group of men and women look on as the statue, "Wisconsin," tipped sideways, is lifted from the scaffold. Only the bottom section of the statue is visible... |
| Date: | 07 20 1914 |
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| Description: | The statue "Wisconsin" in midair being raised from the scaffold on the roof of the West Wing up to the dome. Men are standing on the balcony on the right. |
| Date: | 06 1985 |
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| Description: | View up Wisconsin Avenue at West Dayton Street towards the razing of Manchester's Department Store. There are construction workers working near two cranes ... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | View from street of scaffolding and cranes on the Wisconsin State Capitol used to construct the building. Pedestrians and a carriage are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 03 1975 |
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| Description: | The First Methodist Church on Wisconsin Avenue in the process of being razed. |
| Date: | 09 26 1928 |
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| Description: | Tanks at Hydraulics Laboratory, 660 N. Park Street, before moving, taken from west on cribbing, at the University of Wisconsin. |
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