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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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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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Madison Street Construction

Date: 1913
Description: Street construction at the corner of Regent and Roby Road in Madison. The home of the photographer, W.H. Dudley, is in the background
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Street Work with International G-61 Truck

Date: 04 19 1921
Description: A man working on a residential street with a shovel and an International Model G-61 truck. The truck was operated by the Williams Brother's Concrete and Ce...
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Gilbert Road Grader in Northern Park

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: W.H. Stuber operates a Gilbert road grader on a road in "Northern Park." Men are standing in the background near a house.
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State Highway Commission on Road #13

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: A State Highway Commission worker operates an Austin Western motor grader on Road #13 from Webster to South English in Keokuk County. There is a house in t...
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Meili-Blumberg Model 10 Power Grader

Date: 1948
Description: Man smoothing a road with a Meili-Blumberg (MB) Model 10 power grader attached to an International MD tractor. According to the original caption, the power...
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Cormican's Cabins

Date: 1938
Description: View from road of a man, woman and boy sitting in the entry way of a cabin, with another cabin, a canoe, and an automobile on the right. A sign says "Clam ...
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Road Work

Date: 1994
Description: "Blacktop is being laid at this intersection in the Village of Theresa."
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Man Using Austin Motor Grader

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: View of a man using an Austin Motor Grader on a road. There are houses in the background.
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Man Operating 295b Pay Scraper on Steep Grade

Date: 11 12 1971
Description: Man operating 295b Pay Scraper on a steep grade, two more are visible in the background. Black Rock Contracting, Inc., has contract to construct 3.26 miles...
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Two Men with Road Building Equipment

Date: 1920
Description: Two men in work clothes are standing posing on construction equipment. On the left is a tractor, and on the right a piece of road building equipment. Both ...
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Austin Motor Grader on Road

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man using an Austin Motor Grader on an unpaved road. There is a house behind a fence in the background.
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Man Operating Grader

Date: 11 18 1926
Description: View down unpaved road towards a man operating a grader. In the background is a large house with a front porch and a turret.
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Group of Men Posing with Graders

Date: 06 24 1927
Description: View across road towards seven men, each posing in the cab of seven graders, parked at an angle in a row along the side of the road. The signs painted on t...
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McCormick-Deering Tractor with Road Grader

Date: 07 02 1927
Description: A man is driving a McCormick-Deering Tractor with a grader attached to the front to work on a road.
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Road Graders

Date: 07 02 1927
Description: Two men with two road graders on a road. The grader on the left has a painted sign that reads: "Russel Motor," and the one on the right reads "_ Internatio...
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Earthmover Used in Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: View down road towards a man using an earthmover for road repair. There is a truck parked on the roadside on the left, and a stack of pipes is near the roa...
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Street Paving

Date: 2016
Description: Four men are working on the back of a paver as it is laying asphalt on 7th Street. The men are all wearing reflective vests.
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McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor for Road Construction

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: A man is driving an industrial tractor up a road pulling another man behind him standing on a road grader. There is a house in the background on the right.

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