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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Air Hammer Road Work

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: A worker is using an air hammer with compressor truck to do work on the road in the 800 block of University Avenue, looking west. Wisconsin Foundry & Machi...
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men use mule-led wagons while working on a residential road. Bricks are piled high on either side of the street.
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Residential Street Maintenance

Date: 1920
Description: Men using mule-drawn wagons as they prepare to pave a street with bricks. A pile of shovels is lying in the dirt in the foreground.
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Edward P. Allis Reliance Works

Date: 1890
Description: Section of the factory at a crossroads with road construction workers outside. Name of company visible on building.
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Building a Wood Block Road

Date: 1903
Description: Men working on a wood block road.
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Water Street Bridge Reconstruction

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south down street, with storefronts on either side. The street and bridge are undergoing reconstruction. Military vehicles are in the background.
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Water Street Bridge Repair

Date: 06 02 1943
Description: Looking south. A jeep sits in the middle of the construction zone. The storefronts are covered with quilts and blankets.
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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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P&H Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 15 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger concrete breaker on a residential street with a operator in the cab. Men are working in the street, and trees and power lines are l...
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Gasoline Powered Concrete Breaker

Date: 04 18 1916
Description: Pawling & Harnischfeger gasoline powered concrete breaker on a residential street with an operator in the cab and men working on the ground. Houses and yar...
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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 Work

Date: 04 1995
Description: "Road work is in progress on Highways 28 and 67 (Mayville Road)."
Postcard

Street Construction at J. Ohlenforst Bakery

Date: 1906
Description: Traffic to the J. Ohlenforst Bakery at 529 S. Sixth Street, in the Walker's Point neighborhood, is impeded by street construction. There are piles of grave...
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Photographer's Silhouette on Unidentified Street

Date: 
Description: Perspective view of an unidentified street paved with gravel, with the photographer's silhouette. There is a house on a hill on the right, and more houses ...
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Six-Wheeler on W.P.A. Project

Date: 1939
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...
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Six-Wheeler on W.P.A. Project

Date: 1939
Description: View across street towards men working on a Works Progress Administration project. Three men are standing and holding a board with a chain attached to it n...
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Industrial Tractor for Street Construction

Date: 10 07 1927
Description: A man is operating an industrial tractor, which has a shovel on the front for moving earth. Men are in the background standing near a pile of sandbags. Tal...
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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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