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Moving Boulder with Bulldozer

Date: 10 1959
Description: Moving a very large boulder with a bulldozer during construction of Highway 94 in Waukesha County.
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Road Work with a Hough Loader

Date: 1954
Description: Man working on a suburban road with an International ID-6 and attached loader. The loader was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Road Work with Hough H-30 Front Loader

Date: 1950
Description: Man working on a residential street with a Hough H-30 front loader. The machine was manufactured by the Frank G. Hough Company.
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Road Construction Worker

Date: 1959
Description: An employee of the Fox Valley Paving Company pulls the pin from the concrete form during work on Interstate Highway I-90 in Rock County.
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Gravel Road Surface

Date: 06 14 1951
Description: Crushing gravel to surface STH 101 in Florence County.
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Road Paving Crew

Date: 1950
Description: Improved road paving equipment shown in an unidentified photograph.
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Blacktopping a Suburban Street

Date: 1955
Description: Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete.
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Blacktopping a Residential Street

Date: 1955
Description: A construction crew blacktopping a Madison residential street.
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Milwaukee Street Repair

Date: 1952
Description: Milwaukee streets department employees repair the intersection of Meinecke Avenue and 12th Street. Behind them, a Blatz truck is making a delivery to the ...
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Looking Northeast up Washington Avenue

Date: 1950
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...
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Red Cross Blood Bank Drive

Date: 12 13 1951
Description: Dane County Highway Department employees line up to donate blood during the annual Red Cross blood bank drive. Left to right: James O'Connell, Russell Roed...
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Spreading Asphalt

Date: 1952
Description: View towards of men using an M-61 to spread asphalt at Wolters Air Force Base. A building, possibly a church or chapel, stands in the background along the ...
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Gravel Crusher

Date: 1958
Description: A Lindekugel portable gravel crusher works to build a highway.
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TD-18A — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-18A — Road Building." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Landers & Griffin, Portsmouth, N.H. Used with B-E dozer ...
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UD-16 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-16 — Road Building." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Landers & Griffin, Portsmouth, N.H. Used with Adams motor...
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TD-24 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Three-quarter view from front right of a man driving a TD-24. Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "TD-2...
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TD-9 — Land Clearing

Date: 1950
Description: Elevated view of man driving TD-9. Subject: "TD-9 — Road Building." Where Taken: "SW." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Mason Brod., Houston, T...
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TD-24 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "J.R. Cianchette, contractor of Pittsfield, Maine, recently purchas...
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TD-24 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "J.R. Cianchette, contractor of Pittsfield, Maine, recently purchas...
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TD-24 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "MW." Information with photograph reads: "International TD-24 Tractor with B-E S-152 scraper putting in new ...

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