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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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New Deal Road Work

Date: 07 21 1936
Description: Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j...
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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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Natchez Trace Parkway

Date: 09 12 1938
Description: A man uses an International dump truck to unload dirt in a wooded area between Natchez, Mississippi, and Nashville, Tennessee.
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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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