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Mogul 30-60 Tractor Pulling Elevating Grader

Date: 1915
Description: Mogul 30-60 kerosene tractor pulling an elevating grader in road construction project. The project was part of the "good roads movement" in Missouri.
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Barn Raising at Paddock Farm

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view of a barn raising on the farm of Alva Paddock in the township of Salem on Geneva Road, Highway 50.
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Building Concrete Curb of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: View of the construction of the concrete curbs of pit silo, including a wooden form. On the left is a young girl looking out from behind a fence. In the fa...
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Man on Land Leveler

Date: 1915
Description: Man standing on a grader pulled by a team of mules along a dirt road. Cows, a fence and farm buildings are in the background.
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T-20 TracTracTor Brochure

Date: 1938
Description: Cover of an advertising catalog for T-20 TracTracTors (crawler tractors), featuring photographs of tractors plowing a field; harvesting with a combine (har...
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International S-Series Truck on Job Site

Date: 10 01 1980
Description: An International S-Series truck with a trailer on a dirt road in front of a newly-constructed silo and several barns and farm buildings.
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Soo Road Overpass

Date: 06 1995
Description: "An overpass over Hwy 41 is being built for Soo Road. The camera faces west with the Tom O'Connor farm in the distance."
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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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Machines Digging up the Ground

Date: 1955
Description: Slightly elevated view of a truck, crane and other digging equipment being used to dig up ground near a field. Several mounds of dirt are behind the machin...
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Men Pouring Concrete

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Description: Elevated view of workers putting in concrete to create an apron for the power dam they're building. Two men in suits are standing on a platform on the far ...
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Gas Powered Shovel Clearing Snow

Date: 1936
Description: Winter scene with a gas powered shovel being used to move snow from a snow-covered road. A man is standing in the road to the right, watching. The shovel i...
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McCormick-Deering Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View from front of a man operating a McCormick-Deering grader on a road. There is a fence and field on the left, and on the right is a trees, and farm buil...
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McCormick-Deering Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View from front of a man operating a McCormick-Deering grader on a road. There is a fence and field on the left, and on the right are trees. There are farm...
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Black Top Flatterner

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: Slightly elevated view towards the front of a black top flattener. A man is driving the McCormick-Deering machine, and in the background are farm buildings...
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TD-24 — Road Building

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "TD-24 — Road Building." Where Taken: "MW." Information with photograph reads: "International TD-24 Tractor with B-E S-152 scraper putting in new ...

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