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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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Highway Maintenance Truck

Date: 07 31 1947
Description: Highway lane painting truck painting lane lines on Highways 12-13-14, University Avenue between Madison and Middleton. This is the first highway in the sta...
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Tire Change in Africa

Date: 01 30 1929
Description: A man stoops to change the tire of an International Special Delivery truck by the side of an African road. The truck was part of an expedition sponsored by...
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International A Tractor with AI Mower

Date: 1945
Description: Man mowing the shoulder of a highway or country road with an International A tractor. Original caption reads: "International A industrial wheel tractor wit...
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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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Adams Maintainer

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: A Nebraska State Highway Department worker uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with an Adams maintainer to work on a rural road.
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Snow Removal using McCormick-Deering 10-20 Tractor

Date: 12 21 1925
Description: Rear view of a man plowing a snow-covered city street with a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor. There is a railing on the right.
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Industrial 10-20 Tractor with Grader

Date: 11 14 1925
Description: A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a grader to smooth a dirt road. Shadows of the photographer and the camera standing on a tripo...
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Industrial Tractor with Duplex Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: A man stands while operating a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor and an International duplex grader to smooth a rural dirt road. The original capt...
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McCormick-Deering Industrial 10-20 Tractor with Grader

Date: 09 02 1927
Description: Men use McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractors with Russell graders to smooth a dirt road. There are houses and power lines in the background.
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Man Driving Steamroller

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Description: A man is sitting at the wheel of a long steamroller parked in a gravel lot with a brick building in the background.
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Dump Truck Pouring Gravel onto Road

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Description: A dump truck full of loose gravel is emptying its load onto a street. A leveler is following behind to redistribute the gravel evenly across the road. Ther...
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Madison Soap Box Derby

Date: 07 22 1951
Description: Derby cars are checked prior to the race at the Soap Box Derby Shellubrication Station at 140 and 144 East Gorham Street.
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Prisoners Working

Date: 1915
Description: View down road of a group of prisoners wearing striped jumpsuits doing road work while supervisors look on. A horse-drawn wagon is parked near a fence, and...
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Changing Tire at Night

Date: 02 1928
Description: A man is standing alongside a dirt road while changing a rear tire on an automobile, blocking the taillight and demonstrating a farm hazard.
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Highway 77 at Clam Lake

Date: 1936
Description: View looking down Highway 77 at Clam Lake. On the left is a one-story building, Day's Service Station. On the right are two buildings, the one-story Standa...
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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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Alabama Road Construction

Date: 05 1902
Description: Group portrait, with Ernst Goetsch standing on a dirt road next to a team of oxen hitched up to a drag scraper on the left, and a team of oxen on the right...
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Keystone Automobile Club International Scout used for Roadside Assistance

Date: 07 31 1962
Description: Keystone Automobile Club's International Scout used for Roadside assistance. A man is fixing the tire, while another man looks on. Original caption reads: ...
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Men Posing in Doorways of Dealership

Date: 05 20 1925
Description: View across road towards a man posing in the open doorway of a storefront with large front windows on the left. The sign above the storefront reads: "Pope ...

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