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Gathering of Construction Workers

Date: 1969
Description: A group of construction workers gather to listen to a speaker near the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for t...
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Manufacturer's Home Building

Date: 1895
Description: Building from across the river, with construction workers working nearby. Signs for the Boston Store and Diamond tires are on the roof, as well as lettered...
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Office Building at Bettendorf Tank Arsenal

Date: 04 04 1942
Description: Workers from the Tunnicliff Construction Company build a temporary office building at International Harvester's Bettendorf Tank Arsenal. On the right a par...
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Man Giving Directions to Truck Driver

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Description: A man identified as R.S. Wilson, Jr., who is wearing a hat and a suit, gives directions to a truck driver working for Big Rock Stone & Material Co. The ori...
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Workers at the World Trade Center

Date: 1970
Description: Three construction workers standing near a truck outside the office for the Sand Chapter of Mechanical Contractors at the construction site for the World T...
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Hough Loader

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Description: Side view of a Slattery Contracting Company worker using a Hough HM Loader for dumping dirt into the back of truck. Industrial buildings are in the backgro...
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Man Operating Hough 90 Pay Loader

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Description: Man operating a Hough 90 Pay Loader to move sand or other material into conveying machinery. A sign on the driver's side door of a truck in the background ...
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Man Operating 340 Tractor with Harlo Lift

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Description: Man operating a 340 tractor with Harlo lift to move crates.
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Construction Site

Date: 08 19 1925
Description: Elevated view looking down at men driving dump trucks and operating a steam shovel and a crane below ground level at a construction site. On the opposite s...
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New Findorff Mill

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Description: Elevated group portrait of men posing in front of the J.H. Findorff, Contractor, Planing Mill & Lumber Yard building. A smaller brick building on the far r...
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Three Men Posing Outdoors

Date: 1906
Description: Three men are posing in front of construction materials. The man on the left is holding a hand drill, the man in the center is holding a long saw, and the ...
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Construction Site

Date: 09 25 1914
Description: View of buildings at construction site, with an older building on the left, and on the right a building under construction. Men are standing in the backgro...

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