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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the street and construction site outside of the Plankinton House hotel and various storefronts. Along the street and sidewalks are horse-d... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer operating a horse-drawn mower entering a gate in a split-rail fence. A dirt road is leading off into the distance. There are also several wooden f... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | A farmer operating a horse-drawn mower enters a path leading to a brick farmhouse. The image contains architectural details, including decorative brickwork... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Storefronts on Monroe Street, including Henry Esch Faville's Photography Shop at 1726 Monroe Street. Also shown is: George Burrowbridge, Barber, 1724 Monro... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Three rural mail carriers pose with their horses and buggies in front of the Montello Post Office. Postmaster (Dr.) Edward A. Bass stands in the backgroun... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Man mows grass with an International A tractor and mower. Caution flags are mounted on the tractor. Original caption reads: "International A used with an I... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | men spread asphalt on a road using an International A tractor and Seaman asphalt mixer. Original caption reads: "An International A being used to haul a Se... |
| Date: | 11 18 1926 |
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| Description: | M.O. Weaver uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor outfitted with a Gilbert grader to smooth a rural road. |
| Date: | 06 30 1927 |
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| Description: | A Nebraska State Highway Department worker uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with an Adams maintainer to work on a rural road. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | A crew of men laying sewer pipe with a Hough payloader. Original caption states: "Hough Payloader laying sewer pipe sections weighing 200 lbs each. Equipme... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Man smoothing a road with a Meili-Blumberg (MB) Model 10 power grader attached to an International MD tractor. According to the original caption, the power... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Man grading a dirt road with a Meili-Blumberg Model 10 power grader attached to an International M tractor. Original caption states: "To maintain its 67 m... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| 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. |
| Date: | 11 14 1925 |
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| Description: | A man uses a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor with a grader to smooth a dirt road. Shadows of the photographer and the camera standing on a tripo... |
| Date: | 02 03 1925 |
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| Description: | Men stand alongside a line of machinery and vehicles near a dirt road, including a McCormick-Deering 10-20 industrial tractor, at what appears to be a cons... |
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| Description: | Men pumping DDT from a tank on the back of a truck to be sprayed into a field. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Front view looking towarsd a man under an umbrella using a Farmall Super C tractor outfitted with a C-254 cultivator to work in a field. Another man on a t... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A crew of men crushing rock for Senator James H. Stout's improved highway. |
| Date: | 04 15 1916 |
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| 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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