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| Date: | 05 20 1960 |
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| Description: | Black Earth telephone company maintenance truck in front of the local office. |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor... |
| Date: | 10 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Construction of the Coca Cola building at 3536 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 06 15 1948 |
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| Description: | The Shell filling station, 341 State Street, as workers are starting to tear it down. The station, built in 1924 and at one time judged the second most bea... |
| Date: | 07 1908 |
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| Description: | Workmen with teams of horses excavate for the new Mercantile Store, later the M.M. Smart Store. |
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| Description: | A man in a plaid shirt and heavy apron holding the hoof of a horse in one hand, and a long file in the other. They are surrounded by metal wares and metal ... |
| Date: | 10 22 1927 |
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| Description: | Men stand on and beside the porch or loading dock of an International Harvester (Deering) dealership in South Africa. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction site surrounded by buildings in what appears to be an industrial area. A sign on the building on the left side of reads: "W... |
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| Description: | A group portrait of workers in the American Plumbing & Heating Company. |
| Date: | 11 12 1948 |
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| Description: | View from across street of employees of Peters Tools, Local 100, standing on the sidewalk in front of the brick storefront with a number of cases at their ... |
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| Description: | Some towering hand-made genius had fighting words to sell |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| Description: | Albert Worel, Frank Zeman and Jacob Stangel are standing in front of the brick and wood-frame buildings of their York St. hardware store. The company's del... |
| Date: | 07 25 1927 |
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| Description: | Men are working below street level in the foreground, standing on either side of a pipe. Another man is standing in the street behind an engine powering to... |
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| Description: | A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, and horse-drawn wagons. One ma... |
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| Description: | A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, a crane, construction shacks, ... |
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| Description: | A construction site with a view of the excavated foundation and the street level. At the street level are buildings, people, a crane, construction shacks, ... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | View of the construction site of the Glander Building on the northeast corner of S. 9th and Washington Streets. A masonry crew is constructing the foundati... |
| 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 ... |
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| Description: | View across unpaved street toward a group of four men standing on a platform in front of the large open door of a building. A larger open door is above the... |
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