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| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Worker leveling gravel with a McCormick-Deering Farmall M tractor and a no. 7 angle dozer at International Harvester's Hinsdale farm and testing facility. |
| Date: | 08 22 1929 |
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| Description: | Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. ... |
| Date: | 08 22 1929 |
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| Description: | Steam shovel loading truck at 2300 University Avenue, Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 11 06 1928 |
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| Description: | Man with jackhammer making street repairs with an air hammer with compressor. Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. Saunders Grocery store is across the street a... |
| Date: | 06 1942 |
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| Description: | A highway employee rides the machine which painted the center line of paved highways. |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch. |
| Date: | 07 21 1936 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background. |
| Date: | 06 02 1943 |
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| Description: | Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets. |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 06 29 1937 |
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| Description: | An International D-40 truck used by the Brennan Paving Company is parked in a paved lot in Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada, while a group of men work in the... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Two men use a 15-30(?) tractor and a grader on a dirt road. In the background are numerous oil derricks and industrial buildings. |
| Date: | 08 1994 |
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| Description: | "Road work is in progress as a Hwy 28 overpass is being constructed over U.S. Hwy 41." |
| Date: | 1994 |
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| Description: | "Blacktop is being laid at this intersection in the Village of Theresa." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from street of exterior of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Co. office. Men are standing in the street on the left near a man on a horse-drawn wagon. ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street of men working on a Works Progress Administration project. A group of men are standing and holding a beam upright in a trench, with a chai... |
| Date: | 01 19 1972 |
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| Description: | Man operating construction equipment, including a Pay Scraper and Dozer. Caption reads: "Williams Paving Company has contract to reconstruct and relocate 2... |
| Date: | 07 15 1929 |
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| Description: | View towards a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a grader on a road. The sign painted on the grader reads, in part: "Adams Road __ntainer No. 6." |
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