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Construction near McCormick Harvesting Co. Office in Chicago

Date: 1890
Description: Construction work in the streets outside the offices of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company located at 212 Market Street. Two horse-drawn wagons and s...
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Construction of New Bridge

Date: 07 20 1931
Description: Construction of new overhead bridge — viaduct on US Highway 12 and 18 (West Broadway) across the North Western Railroad tracks near the Royal Airport.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1949
Description: Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown.
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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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Road Construction in front of McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. Office

Date: 1900
Description: View of street being constructed outside the dealership office of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. on 212 Market Street. Stacks of cobblestones are in ...
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Men Operating Hough H 400

Date: 11 13 1971
Description: Elevated view of a man operating a Hough H 400 to move rock. L.R. Skelton and Company has contract to construct 3.25 miles of Interstate I-79 in Clay Count...
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Fleet of Delivery Trucks at Construction Site

Date: 10 22 1923
Description: Men with fleet of delivery trucks at a construction site on a street. The trucks on the left and the right have signs painted on the side reading: "Paving ...
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Earthmover Used in Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: View down road towards a man using an earthmover for road repair. There is a truck parked on the roadside on the left, and a stack of pipes is near the roa...
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Man Operating Earthmover for Road Repair

Date: 09 22 1927
Description: In the foreground a man is working near a row of pipes. Behind him a man is operating an earthmover.

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