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Improved Rural Road
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Amery Road near New Richmond. The photograph was taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association probably as an illustration of the kind of improved roads that the organization advocated. The photograph also appeared in the Highway Commission's annual report in 1918 with a comment on the fill well protected by a guard rail.
1918
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WHi 40225
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Sauk County Road
1920
Loganville Road in Sauk County taken by the Wisconsin Good Roads Association. The photograph was meant to create a contrast between the new improved road and its predecessor to the right and up th...
Dirt Road in Antigo
Rural dirt road in the town of Antigo. Houses are in the distance.
U.S. Highway 12 and 16
1926
Car on a dirt highway west of Hustler. The highway is U.S. 12 and 16.
Cedar Creek Road
1914
Horse-drawn wagon on Cedar Creek Road in Brown County. The road is dirt and there are houses in the backgound.
Rural Dirt Road in Oakfield
1916
Car on a dirt road near Oakfield in Fond du Lac County. The road eventually became U.S. Highway 151. County Highway Commission Costello is driving the car. Original from State Highway Department f...
