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Moving Boulder with Bulldozer

Date: 10 1959
Description: Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County.
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Paving North Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick.
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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Elevating Grader

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor pulling an elevating grader in road construction project. The project was part of the "good roads movement" in Missouri.
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Men Paving Street with International Heavy-Duty Truck

Date: 08 12 1924
Description: Crew of African American workmen paving a city street behind an International heavy-duty truck.
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International TD-40 TracTracTor and Grader

Date: 11 30 1937
Description: Road construction workers using an International TD-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) and an Adams Model 4 grader owned by the City of Signal Hill.
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Model 30 Tractor Grading Rural Road

Date: 11 01 1934
Description: Worker grading a rural road with a McCormick-Deering Model 30 industrial tractor and a pull grader. The tractor was owned by Weld County.
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Austin Western Grader

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: State Highway Commission worker operating an Austin Western grader built around a McCormick-Deering tractor. The worker is leveling road #2 east of Segourn...
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International TD-65 Working on Road Construction Project

Date: 04 06 1938
Description: Original caption reads: "Model TD-65 Diesel TracTracTor [crawler tractor] owned by the Albert Brothers, and working on the Sky Line Drive. This tractor is ...
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Farmall M Leveling Gravel at Hinsdale Farm

Date: 1949
Description: Worker leveling gravel with a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor and a no. 7 angle dozer at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm and testing facility.
Postcard

Grading Rural Road with Avery Tractor

Date: 1915
Description: Road workers grading a rural country road with an Avery tractor and wooden grading blocks. The image was cropped from a postcard collected by International...
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Townspeople Improve Township Road

Date: 1920
Description: Original caption reads: "Members of Marshalltown Club at work on township road near Marshalltown, IA (1920). Over fifty members of the Club contributed a d...
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Filling Potholes

Date: 04 27 1987
Description: A city worker fills in holes in the road in mild spring weather.
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Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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East Mifflin Street Looking North

Date: 1901
Description: View down East Mifflin Street looking north near Blair Street. Men are working on road construction.
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McCormick-Deering TracTracTor

Date: 1935
Description: McCormick-Deering TracTractor (crawler tractor) pulling what appears to be a grader through a field.
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Convict Labor During World War I

Date: 09 1917
Description: South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone...
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Highway Center Line Marker

Date: 06 1942
Description: A highway employee rides the machine which painted the center line of paved highways.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1949
Description: Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown.
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Interstate Road Sign Construction

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Description: Workers installing a sign at the Wisconsin Dells turnoff on Interstate Highway I-90 & 94.
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Interstate Highway Construction

Date: 06 28 1960
Description: Concrete paving operation near the intersection of I-90 and U.S. Highway 12 in Sauk County. Traffic flows along the old highway to the right of the new co...

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