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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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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.
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Construction near McCormick Harvesting Co. Office in Chicago

Date: 1890
Description: Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s...
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Construction of New Bridge

Date: 07 20 1931
Description: Construction of new overhead bridge — viaduct on US Highway 12 and 18 (West Broadway) across the North Western Railroad tracks near the Royal Airport.
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. ...
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Workman with Jackhammer

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with jackhammer making street repairs with an air hammer with compressor. Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. Saunders Grocery store is across the street a...
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Workman and Truck

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with air hammer working on a road near a parked truck.
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Concrete Pour at Clintonville

Date: 1914
Description: Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch.
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Kewaunee County Road Crew

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Description: Kewaunee County road crew.
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Looking Northeast up Washington Avenue

Date: 1950
Description: Looking northeast, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue at its intersection with 503 Regent Street. At the left is the Hoffman F...
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Spreading Asphalt with International A Tractor

Date: 1946
Description: men spread asphalt on a road using an International A tractor and Seaman asphalt mixer. Original caption reads: "An International A being used to haul a Se...
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Acme Road Roller

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: A man operates a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor with an Acme Road Roller to work on United States Road 63. There is a barn in the background.
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Road Work with Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader

Date: 1949
Description: Men using an Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader to work on an urban street. The grader was owned by the State Paving and Construction Co. Original caption states: "G...
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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Tractor Pulling Elevating Road Grader

Date: 1914
Description: Rear view of a Mogul 30-60 tractor pulling an elevating grader. Two men stand on the platform of the grader while a wagon follows alongside to collect the ...
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Spreading Asphalt

Date: 1952
Description: View towards of men using an M-61 to spread asphalt at Wolters Air Force Base. A building, possibly a church or chapel, stands in the background along the ...
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Man Smoothing Dirt Road

Date: 02 15 1915
Description: A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on a wooden grader while driving two mules along a dirt road. Beside the road behind him are cows in a fenced-in f...
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Grading the Road

Date: 1931
Description: Men using horse-drawn and gasoline powered road equipment work on Highway 80 near Rockbridge. A wooded bluff rises steeply behind a farmhouse. Barns, a sil...
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Alabama Road Work

Date: 05 1902
Description: Group portrait of four men and two boys standing with horses, oxen and mules hitched up to drag scrapers, to reconstruct a dirt road. A small building, pow...

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