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Southeast Corner of the University of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: A southwest corner view of the University of Wisconsin campus, from University Avenue just east of Park Street. A group of men are working in the road amon...
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University of Wisconsin-Madison Ladies' Hall

Date: 1900
Description: A southeast view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ladies' Hall. In the foreground two men are working in the road among piles of dirt and rock.
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Camp of Road Construction Crew

Date: 
Description: Campground for employees of the Nelson Weber Construction Company photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association during the early 1920s. Such facili...
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East Mifflin Street Looking North

Date: 1901
Description: View down East Mifflin Street looking north near Blair Street. Men are working on road construction.
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Grading the Road

Date: 1931
Description: Men using horse-drawn and gasoline powered road equipment work on Highway 80 near Rockbridge. A wooded bluff rises steeply behind a farmhouse. Barns, a sil...
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Road Work

Date: 04 1995
Description: "Road work is in progress on Highways 28 and 67 (Mayville Road)."
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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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Red Cross Blood Bank Drive

Date: 12 13 1951
Description: Dane County Highway Department employees line up to donate blood during the annual Red Cross blood bank drive. Left to right: James O'Connell, Russell Roed...
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Blacktopping a Suburban Street

Date: 1955
Description: Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete.
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Man Using Austin Motor Grader

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: View of a man using an Austin Motor Grader on a road. There are houses in the background.
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Madison Street Construction

Date: 1913
Description: Street construction at the corner of Regent and Roby Road in Madison. The home of the photographer, W.H. Dudley, is in the background
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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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Street Paving

Date: 2016
Description: Four men are working on the back of a paver as it is laying asphalt on 7th Street. The men are all wearing reflective vests.
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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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Meili-Blumberg Model 10 Power Grader

Date: 1948
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...

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