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Men Paving Street with International Heavy-Duty Truck

Date: 08 12 1924
Description: Crew of African American workmen paving a city street behind an International heavy-duty truck.
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Convict Labor During World War I

Date: 09 1917
Description: South Carolina convicts building a road at Camp Wadsworth near Spartenberg in preparation for the camp's use as a National Guard training camp. The prisone...
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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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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men use mule-led wagons while working on a residential road. Bricks are piled high on either side of the street.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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African American Soldiers

Date: 06 1918
Description: Gravel screening and separating plant of the 310th Engineers in operation on a road near Camp Custer. All of the soldiers at work on this road construction...
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T-40 TracTracTor

Date: 1938
Description: A man operates an International T-40 TracTracTor (crawler tractor). Original caption reads: "International T-40 TracTracTor equipped with bullgrader and us...
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Road Work with Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader

Date: 1949
Description: Men using an Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader to work on an urban street. The grader was owned by the State Paving and Construction Co. Original caption states: "G...

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