Man Smoothing Dirt Road | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society

Photograph

Man Smoothing Dirt Road

Man Smoothing Dirt Road | Photograph | Wisconsin Historical Society
A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on a wooden grader while driving two mules along a dirt road. Beside the road behind him are cows in a fenced-in field near a barn and silo.
DESCRIPTION
A man wearing a suit and hat is standing on a wooden grader while driving two mules along a dirt road. Beside the road behind him are cows in a fenced-in field near a barn and silo.
RECORD DETAILS
Image ID:80739
Creation Date: 02 15 1915
Creator Name:International Harvester Company
City:Aliceville
County:
State:Alabama
Collection Name:International Harvester Company, Agricultural Extension Department photograph albums, 1902-1935
Genre:Photograph
Original Format Type:photographic print, b&w
Original Format Number:MCC MSS 13Z, Box 54, Folder 4
Original Dimensions:8.25 x 6.25 inches
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
The original typewritten caption reads: "This was the only road out of Aliceville on Feb. 15, 1915, which was passable for an automobile. This dirt road is kept up for a distance of six miles by Summerville Brothers who own farms and a saw mill along the road, so that they can haul large loads. One of their men is shown dragging the road in front of one of their farms. Some of the meetings in the vicinity of Aliceville had to be changed after the speakers reached that point, on account of the impassable condition of two of the roads. If all the farmers had dragged their roads like this, there would not have been any trouble about getting to the meetings." Photograph taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Department. Folder: Road Conditions
SUBJECTS
Hats
Mules
Barns
Suits (Clothing)
Farm buildings
Farms
Fences
Land use, Rural
Silos
Roads
Cattle
Livestock
Men
Outdoor photography
Automobiles
Road construction industry
Road construction workers

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