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Capitol Theatre Construction

Date: 03 01 1927
Description: Early view of the construction of the Capitol Theatre revealing the steel frame of the building. Two men are working on the right.
Poster

International No. 20 and No. 30 Tractors Advertising Poster

Date: 1929
Description: Spanish advertising poster for International No. 20 and No. 30 industrial tractors showing tractors and construction equipment at work in several settings....
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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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I-30 Tractor with Hough Shovel Digging Gravel

Date: 06 18 1935
Description: Commonwealth Edison worker using a McCormick-Deering I-30 industrial tractor with a loader to scoop gravel off of a city street. The loader was manufacture...
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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 T-40 TracTracTor Working in Mine

Date: 1937
Description: Worker moving rock at the Sahara Mine with an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) equipped with a Bucyrus-Erie bullgrader.
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Unloading Coal

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Description: A man unloads coal from a boat by walking a wheelbarrow across wooden platforms raised on scaffolds. In the background a man stands with an empty wheelbarr...
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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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Men with McCormick-Deering Crawler Tractor

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: Five men are standing with a McCormick-Deering crawler tractor (TracTracTor) during a construction project.
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Construction Workers Excavating for NYC Subway

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: Workers are removing dirt for the construction of the New York City subway with a Bucyrus shovel loader and an International truck. The workers are below s...
Print

International TD-24 Advertising Brochure

Date: 1948
Description: Cover of an advertising brochure for an International TD-24 diesel crawler tractor ("TracTracTor") with "planet power steering." The ad shows two men with ...
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Panoramic View of East Side of Monona Avenue

Date: 03 27 1931
Description: Panoramic elevated view of the east side of Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard,) showing Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction e...
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Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
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State Office Building Construction

Date: 07 02 1930
Description: State Office Building, Wilson Street, construction showing concrete mixer, workers, and a Castle & Doyle truck dumping.
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State Office Building Construction

Date: 08 01 1930
Description: Basement and ground floor of State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction. View toward Lake Monona.
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Hydraulics Laboratory

Date: 03 28 1929
Description: Elevated view from the south east of men constructing the concrete forms for the roof of the addition to the University of Wisconsin-Madison hydraulics lab...
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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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