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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
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. ...
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Road Work with Adams #5 1/2 Road Grader

Date: 1949
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...
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Philadelphia Road Work with #3/2 Adams Motor Grader

Date: 1949
Description: Men using a Number 3/2 Adams Motor Grader for road construction on Pine Street in Philadelphia. A laundry store is on the corner.
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Road Repairs Crew with D-40 Truck

Date: 06 29 1937
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...
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Road Work

Date: 08 1994
Description: "Road work is in progress as a Hwy 28 overpass is being constructed over U.S. Hwy 41."
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Road Work

Date: 1994
Description: "Blacktop is being laid at this intersection in the Village of Theresa."
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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.
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Hough HR Loader

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Description: A New Rochelle construction worker moving concrete debris using a Hough HR Loader.
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Road Construction Crew with Truck

Date: 10 15 1928
Description: View towards a truck being loaded with large pipe from a crane. A man is helping to position the large pipe onto the back of the truck. The sign painted on...
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Delivery Truck in Neighborhood

Date: 11 02 1928
Description: View across road towards a man sitting in the driver's seat of a delivery truck. The sign painted on the truck reads: "Nuzzi & Lorusso, Hygeia Ice."
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Affirmative Action

Date: 1976
Description: A woman and a man are working on a road construction crew, with a dump truck full of sand behind them. They are wearing work clothes and hard hats. In the ...

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