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| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Soldiers and civilians carrying supplies for repairing bad roads in enemy territory during World War I. |
| Date: | 04 24 1936 |
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| Description: | Men are working on a project at the State Fish Hatchery. There is new concrete lining a raceway in the foreground, where a man is working on the floor. Woo... |
| Date: | 06 19 1936 |
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| Description: | One man is working on a ladder near the side door of a one and one half story, masonry block building with five garage bays. There are two men on the right... |
| Date: | 06 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a man, on the left, approaching three youths working on the Thunder River. One of the youths is holding a bucket while the others, standin... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | One man is sighting a transit level, and another man is holding a round metal post as a crew of six people "sets a corner" in a Jackson County forest. Ther... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A large crew of men are bending to their work of planting seedling trees into furrows. Each man is carrying a spade-like tool with a long handle, and a box... |
| Date: | 10 1978 |
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| Description: | Two men are kneeling on the ground. One man is holding a shovel while the other man is scooping dirt from the shovel into a glass jar. They are measuring P... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Two logging roads diverge in a stand of burned jack pine trees, dividing the scene into three parts. In the background, near the left branch of the road, t... |
| Date: | 11 26 1953 |
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| Description: | Douglas Artley trying out a new snow shovel while sister Alice is looking on. |
| Date: | 10 01 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is standing at the front of a truck parked on a ramp. Further back on the right a group of men are working laying asphalt with large machinery. A gro... |
| Date: | 01 18 1921 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a work apron is posing in a finishing room near a workbench. There is a shovel resting in dirt in a bin next to him, and cast parts are near ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | View down sidewalk along Washington Street facing east. Excavation is going on between S. 8th and S. 9th Streets. A crew is mixing concrete and doing work ... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Crews of the Vinton Construction Co. are laying a 20 foot wide concrete slab in front of the northeast corner of Washington and S. 9th Streets. A truck is ... |
| Date: | 04 19 1954 |
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| Description: | Rickey Holmes, David Dopkins, and Dick Quinlan digging for worms before heading to the Tenney Park lagoon to fish. Dick is using a shovel to overturn wet d... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Transporting entrenching tools through the Taurus Mountains. |
| Date: | 05 18 1989 |
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| Description: | Two boys are sitting and standing next to a four-wheel utility vehicle that is hauling a cart of hay. They are facing a woman standing on the right who is ... |
| Date: | 10 29 1963 |
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| Description: | Groundbreaking ceremony for the new Madison Public Library building at the south corner of W. Mifflin and N. Fairchild Streets. Rev. Joseph Brown is standi... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of five men are preparing the soil for the new tennis court. The men are using shovels, rakes, and wheelbarrows. On the right, children Alfred and ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | With shovels in hand, a man, woman, and boy are digging a hole in the ground for a flag pole. One young man is holding the pole in place with two hands. A... |
| Date: | 08 23 1928 |
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| Description: | View towards a truck parked near a house, with a man sitting in the driver's seat. The side yard is a construction site. A man is working in the yard among... |
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