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Truck Caravan on Road

Date: 1917
Description: A caravan of trucks en route from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio to Chicago is traveling down a rural road lined with telephone pole...
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Country Road

Date: 
Description: Telephone poles line a rural road that passes by a house.
Map or Atlas

Lakes Tributary to G.W. Buck & Son Resorts : Branches: Divide Resort, Spider Lake Resort, Manitowish Hotel

Date: 12 1900
Description: This manuscript map from 1900 shows resorts, lakes, rivers and streams, roads, railroads, and telephone lines in northwest Vilas County, in the towns of Bo...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards a truck with equipment for installing telephone poles. There is a large auger suspended from the back of the truck. Men are standing along the...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards a truck used for installing telephone poles parked on a road. A large auger is attached to the front of the truck. The sign on the side of the...
Photograph

Intalling Telephone Poles

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View towards front of truck parked along a road, with an auger hanging off the front. A man is standing, (obscured) at the back of the truck.
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View across road towards a truck parked on the side of the road. A large auger is hanging in front of the truck. Fields are in the background.
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the t...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Men installing a telephone pole in a field. A truck is parked along a road behind them, and a large auger is attached to an apparatus at the front of the t...
Photograph

Truck and Telephone Pole Installation

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: Two men are using a large auger to dig a hole for installing telephone poles. A truck is parked nearby, used for installing the poles. The sign on the side...
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Essential Work in Enemy Territory

Date: 1915
Description: A soldier is doing repair work on a telephone pole in Serbia during World War I.
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Installing Telephone Poles with Drill

Date: 08 09 1927
Description: View along side of dirt road towards men installing telephone poles with a large drill. A group of of children are sitting on a pile of wood watching near ...

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