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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | [Lithography] by Poole Bros. Contains descriptive information. Short jaunts for busy people to nearby resorts in Illinois and Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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 |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | An International Harvester Mogul(?) 15-30 tractor pulling an Austin mammoth reversible road grader. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The northwest corner of the Robert A. Johnston Company cookie factory at S. 1st and W. Florida Streets. |
| Date: | 09 30 1947 |
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| Description: | Highway 30 overpass under construction over the railroad tracks just east of the Sun Prairie Road (East Washington Avenue) junction. |
| Date: | 04 19 1921 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A car with four men in business suits and hats is parked at the side of a road. The men are watching as an International Harvester tractor is pulling a roa... |
| Date: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | International truck operated by the Weaver Construction Company of Iowa. Men are using the truck and a crane for road work. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Road construction crews use an excavator to dig while two dump trucks drive by in the background. The trucks are likely Internationals. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Construction equipment and dump trucks belonging to the Wagner Erling Company work on the beginnings of Highway 77 in South Dakota. |
| Date: | 11 18 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a road surrounded by two International Model 63 trucks and a Gilbert road grader machine operated by the M.O. Weaver Construction Co. |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | View of a "Road Closed" sign with a sticker on it that reads, "Procaccino / Beame * Smith." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Paving Kendall and Prospect Streets in the University Heights neighborhood. University Avenue is at the base of the hill and the University of Wisconsin Co... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Looking northeast, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue at its intersection with 503 Regent Street. At the left is the Hoffman F... |
| Date: | 10 22 1923 |
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| Description: | Two International Model 63 trucks operated by Carlon Construction Co. of Maplewood, Missouri. Printing on the side of the truck says "Paving Contractors." ... |
| Date: | 07 1971 |
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| Description: | Color photograph of a worker operating an International TD-20C crawler tractor (TracTracTor) at a bridge construction site. Other construction workers are ... |
| Date: | 06 1954 |
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| Description: | Construction equipment and view of new bridge under construction. |
| Date: | 03 23 1949 |
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| Description: | Madison streets, new pavement, viewed on Myrtle Street, looking west toward Oscar Mayer plant. |
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