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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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Groundbreaking Ceremony

Date: 1950
Description: Robert Fischelis and George Griffenhagen assist in the groundbreaking for an addition to the American Pharmaceutical Association headquarters.
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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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Frank G. Hough Company Factory

Date: 1951
Description: Front loaders (payloaders) on the floor of the Frank G. Hough Company factory (works). The company manufactured construction and industrial equipment. The ...
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Frank G. Hough Company Factory Floor

Date: 1951
Description: Factory workers on the floor of the Frank G. Hough Company factory (works). The company manufactured construction and industrial equipment. The company was...
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Road Work with Hough H-30 Front Loader

Date: 1950
Description: Man working on a residential street with a Hough H-30 front loader. The machine was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Construction of City-County Building

Date: 10 24 1955
Description: Elevated view of the City County Building under construction. Automobiles are parked in the street and a truck with a semi-trailer is parked in front of a ...
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International TC-60 Paymover Towing Equipment

Date: 1957
Description: International Paymover model TC-60 pulling carts of parts. The TC-60 was built by Hough, the construction equipment subsidiary of International Harvester.
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Hough HE Payloader Loading Snow into Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Hough HE Payloader loading snow into a truck. The HE was built by Frank G. Hough Company, a Libertyville, Illinois, manufacturer of construction equipment.
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TD-24 Crawler Tractor at Phoenix Proving Ground

Date: 1953
Description: Man on a TD-24 crawler tractor looks down over International Harvester's Phoenix Proving Ground. Opened in 1947, the proving ground was used by Internation...
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Building I-94 with Earthmover

Date: 10 1959
Description: Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers.
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International TD-14A Crawler Tractor Bulldozer

Date: 1952
Description: Man moving earth in South Africa with an International TD-14A crawler tractor equipped with a Bucyrus-Erie bulldozer. A man with oxen and a "primitive" ex...
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International TD-9 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1955
Description: TD-9 International Superior crawler tractor loading South African crop onto a wagon with the attached side loader. A man is driving the tractor, and a chil...
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Soldiers Operating Crawler Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Sergeant Dennis McGhee and a student in an International crawler tractor (TracTracTor) built for the U.S. Army. The student is learning how to operate the ...
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Soldier Using International TD-18 Crawler Tractor

Date: 1958
Description: Soldier using an International TD-18 crawler tractor (TracTracTor) during a training exercise. The original caption reads: "A graduate of the school assign...
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Construction Worker Buddis Stone

Date: 1958
Description: Construction worker Buddis Stone at the site of the Mammoth Pool Dam along the San Joaquin River in the Sierra Nevada Mountains. Stone bored holes for expl...
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Memorial Library under Construction

Date: 1950
Description: Library under construction on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. In the background is the State Historical Society, and Science Hall is in the upp...
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International Earthmovers Testing

Date: 1953
Description: Men operate three International Harvester earthmovers at the company's Phoenix Proving Grounds.
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American Pipe and Construction Company Truck

Date: 1950
Description: Two men standing on a pipe on the bed of a International truck use a crane to unload one of the pipes. A long building, possibly a warehouse, is in the bac...
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Construction of New Seats at Camp Randall Stadium

Date: 06 30 1950
Description: Elevated view of construction of new concrete bleachers at the north end of Camp Randall Stadium.

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