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Road Construction

Date: 1924
Description: Two men use a 15-30(?) tractor and a grader on a dirt road. In the background are numerous oil derricks and industrial buildings.
Photograph

Construction Work

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractor and a Monarch loader to do construction work, possibly irrigation, in a field. Pieces of pipe lie on the groun...
Photograph

International Tractor with Road Grader

Date: 05 06 1929
Description: Carl David uses an International Model 15-30 tractor owned by Eldorado Township, McDonough County to pull a road grader across an unfinished rural dirt roa...
Photograph

Field Preparation for Cranberry Marsh

Date: 08 08 1922
Description: A man is sitting on the back of a Kissel truck using machinery to dredge a field. The field was being cleared in order to prepare it for use as a cranberry...
Print

Russell Road Roller

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising the Russell Road Roller. The cover features an illustration of the machinery at work along a rural road and text that ...
Print

Tractor with Grid-Iron Grips

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Grid-Iron Grip Company entitled: "The Tractor Traction Problem Solved: Just like a locomotive, It runs on its own."...
Book or Pamphlet

Yuba Rodebilder Booklet

Date: 1926
Description: Front cover to the Yuba Bulletin-Catalog advertising the Yuba Rodebilder. The text reads: "For Building Roads and Moving Loads."
Photograph

New and Old School Building

Date: 1924
Description: The new school building during construction, next to the old school building, which has a bell tower on the roof. A man works in the yard on the left near ...
Photograph

Old and New School Building

Date: 1924
Description: Children play on makeshift seesaws created from construction materials outside the old schoolhouse.
Photograph

Bridge Construction

Date: 1924
Description: Winter view of new poured concrete bridge supports and scaffolding in a wooded ravine along Sheridan Road.
Print

Yuba Rodebilder

Date: 1926
Description: Advertisement for the Yuba Rodebilder featuring a side view photograph and a listing of the machinery's specifications at right and a paragraph of descript...
Photograph

New Bridge Across the Wisconsin River

Date: 10 1927
Description: View along shoreline of construction of the New Free bridge. Men work on and below the wooden bridge, which is partially constructed. A crane is on the bri...
Photograph

IH Industrial Tractor with Road Roller

Date: 10 01 1928
Description: A man operating what appears to be a 10-20 Industrial tractor equipped with an Acme Road Roller(?) attachment. In the background a man is sitting in a vehi...
Book or Pamphlet

Bates Steel Mule Tractors

Date: 1929
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Bates Steel Mule tractors featuring an illustration of two men using a crawler tractor and road grader on a road. Bate...
Photograph

Pouring Lot Sections

Date: 1929
Description: An International truck pours 30-foot sections of a lock.
Print

Master Drive Road Builder

Date: 1920
Description: Color illustration of the Illinois Super-Drive tractor appearing beneath the heading,:"The Master Drive Road Builder of America. Special Road Building Mode...
Book or Pamphlet

Road Building the Best Way

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the C.L. Best Tractor Company's line of road building equipment, illustrated by a man using a crawler tractor on a ro...
Book or Pamphlet

Best Tractors at Work

Date: 1925
Description: Front cover of a booklet advertising Best tractors, featuring three photographs of the tractors used for road building and logging in Arkansas, North Carol...
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar on the Road

Date: 1920
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Caterpillar tractor, featuring an illustration of a Caterpillar crawler tractor pulling a road grader.
Book or Pamphlet

Caterpillar in the Oil Fields

Date: 1921
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising Caterpillar tractors for use in oil fields. The photograph on the cover shows two men using a Caterpillar tractor to ...

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