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African American Road Crew

Date: 08 1912
Description: Two African American men unloading the cement chute during paving of Janesville Plank Road.
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Case Tractor and Grader

Date: 1935
Description: This image which was probably taken for publicity purposes by the company, shows a J.I. Case Model L tractor pulling a Galion E-Z Lift road grader.
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New Deal Road Work

Date: 07 21 1936
Description: Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j...
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Chain Gang On a Highway

Date: 
Description: View of a chain gang from the front window of a car.
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Resurfacing the Highway

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Description: A view on men resurfacing rural sections of U.S. Highway, with machinery and a small train running alongside the road.
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Grading the Road

Date: 1931
Description: Men using horse-drawn and gasoline powered road equipment work on Highway 80 near Rockbridge. A wooded bluff rises steeply behind a farmhouse. Barns, a sil...

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