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Historical Society Under Construction

Date: 11 24 1898
Description: View from Bascom Hill toward the Wisconsin State Capitol showing the Wisconsin Historical Society under construction.
Drawing

Plan for University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum

Date: 12 1935
Description: Plan for the Michael B. Olbrich Memorial Entrance to the Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum and Wild Life Refuge.
Photograph

Completed Power House and Dam

Date: 02 28 1915
Description: Elevated view, looking east, of the power house, lock, and dam on the Wisconsin River.
Document

Wisconsin Steel Works Plat

Date: 1960
Description: Plat of International Harvester Company's Wisconsin Steel Works.
Photograph

Main Office at Dam Site

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Completed two-story wood frame main office building at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
Photograph

Railroad to Power Dam Washed Out by Flood

Date: 10 18 1911
Description: Workmen standing on damaged and partly submerged railroad track on the west shore of the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Camp Randall Bleachers

Date: 1916
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison bleachers at Camp Randall Field undergoing weight test for proper load. They should support 6900 pounds per girder with max...
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Main Office at Prairie du Sac Dam Site

Date: 03 1911
Description: Construction workers posing during construction of the main office at the Wisconsin River dam site.
Photograph

Destruction of Trestle Works by High Water

Date: 10 07 1911
Description: Workers attempt to secure the trestle against high water on the Wisconsin River during construction of the power dam.
Photograph

General View of Power House at Power Dam

Date: 06 29 1913
Description: View from the west bank of the Wisconsin River showing progress on the power dam. The narrow gauge track is visible in the foreground.
Photograph

Pine Bluff Observatory Site

Date: 04 24 1957
Description: Bulldozers and steam shovels prepare the site for the future University of Wisconsin Observatory site near Pine Bluff.
Drawing

General Design for Thoroughfare System

Date: 1908
Description: Drawing of the general design for future constructional development of the thoroughfare system on the University of Wisconsin campus by the Architectural C...
Drawing

Proposed State Office Building

Date: 1930
Description: A chalk rendering of the proposed State Office Building by State Architect, Arthur Peabody. The Wisconsin State Capitol is visible in the background.
Photograph

Bacteriology Building

Date: 1954
Description: University of Wisconsin-Madison Bacteriology Building, in process of construction on campus. There are cars in a parking lot in the foreground.
Photograph

Wisconsin Barbers Convention Committee

Date: 05 08 1952
Description: Members of the Wisconsin Barbers Local #153 and Barbers Guild #23 joint committee to plan the annual convention of the Wisconsin Barber and Beauty Culture ...
Painting

Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig Building Under Construction

Date: 1952
Description: Watercolor painting of a Wolff-Kubly & Hirsig building (the site of the current Wisconsin Historical Museum) under construction.
Photograph

Kitchen and Dining Rooms at Dam Site

Date: 1911
Description: Newly construced kitchen and dining rooms at the construction camp for the dam on the Wisconsin River. The kitchen building has three ventilators on the ro...
Photograph

First Concrete Laid at Power Dam

Date: 04 14 1911
Description: Newly poured concrete abutment on the east shore of the Wisconsin River. Iron reinforcing rods protrude from the concrete. Workmen and the steam-driven cem...
Photograph

Men Standing on Railroad Car

Date: 04 1911
Description: Group of men standing on and beside a rail car in front of the main construction office at the site of the Wisconsin River dam.
Photograph

First Smoke Stack at Power Plant Construction Site

Date: 05 06 1911
Description: Workmen posing while erecting the first smokestack at the power plant construction site on the Wisconsin River. Two men have scaled the stack.

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