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Tractor with Grid-Iron Grips

Date: 1920
Description: Back cover of a booklet produced by the Grid-Iron Grip Company entitled: "The Tractor Traction Problem Solved: Just like a locomotive, It runs on its own."...
Book or Pamphlet

Lauson 15-30 Tractor

Date: 1919
Description: Front cover of a pamphlet advertising the Lauson 15-30 special road-building tractor. The cover features a partial color illustration of two men using a La...
Print

Whitney Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Advertisement for the Whitney tractor featuring a side view illustration of the machine at top center with a caption reading: "Tested under the most trying...
Photograph

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."
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Three Men Sitting on a Road Grader

Date: 
Description: View down middle of unpaved road towards three men sitting on the back of a road grader in a rural area. Two of the men are wearing suits and hats, and the...
Photograph

Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Construction Equipment

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from left rear of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling road construction equipment.
Photograph

Man Driving Industrial Tractor Pulling Road Grader

Date: 06 16 1925
Description: Three-quarter view from front left of a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a road grader. In the background is a field, and farm buildings and large...
Photograph

Trucks Used in Road Construction

Date: 07 25 1925
Description: View from side of road of a line of trucks on a road. There is a large piece of machinery in the background where men are working. In the background is a c...
Photograph

Austin Motor Grader on Road

Date: 06 15 1926
Description: View across unpaved road towards a man operating an Austin Motor Grader.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View from front of a man operating a grader on a road. There is a fence and field on the left, and more fields on the right.
Photograph

Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View from front of a man operating a grader on a road. There is a fence and field on the left, and more fields on the right.
Photograph

Grader on Road

Date: 06 30 1927
Description: View from front of a man operating a grader on a road. There is a fence and field on the left, and more fields on the right.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

McCormick-Deering Industrial Tractor for Road Construction

Date: 07 15 1929
Description: View towards a man driving an industrial tractor pulling a grader on a road. The sign painted on the grader reads, in part: "Adams Road __ntainer No. 6."
Photograph

Continuous Track Industrial Tractor

Date: 06 27 1927
Description: View across road towards a man driving a continuous track industrial tractor pulling a man on a road grader.

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