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| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | This image which was probably taken for publicity purposes by the company, shows a J.I. Case Model L tractor pulling a Galion E-Z Lift road grader. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A Galion E-Z Lift road grader pulled by a Case Model L tractor, allowing a close-up view of the grading machinery. |
| Date: | 02 27 1934 |
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| Description: | CWA road crew leveling a grade on a county road near Westfield. The CWA undertook many road and utility projects during the Great Depression in order to p... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Washington County highway worker filling a Kissel-built truck with gravel and crushed rock. |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Kissel truck owned by Washington County entering a gravel pit. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Advanced, horse-drawn road grader in action. Here, excess dirt moves up a conveyor belt and is dumped in a wagon next to the grader. |
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| Description: | Wisconsin highway patrolman grading with a team of horses. Image taken for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association. |
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| Description: | Road construction just north of the Crawford-Vernon County line on State Highway 27, showing both the new and old routes. According to the caption on the ... |
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| Description: | Campground for employees of the Nelson Weber Construction Company photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Association during the early 1920s. Such facili... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Road construction crew of the Nelson Weber Construction Company and steam shovel. This construction was photographed for the Wisconsin Good Roads Associati... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| 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 |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | An International Harvester Mogul(?) 15-30 tractor pulling an Austin mammoth reversible road grader. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | International Model G-61 truck parked on the side of a dirt road where several men spread gravel(?) for the Shenandoah Valley Pipe Company. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A car with four men in business suits and hats is parked at the side of a road. The men are watching as an International Harvester tractor is pulling a roa... |
| Date: | 07 24 1929 |
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| Description: | International truck operated by the Weaver Construction Company of Iowa. Men are using the truck and a crane for road work. |
| Date: | 07 21 1936 |
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| Description: | Workers toiling in the sun on the roadside, as a part of the Works Progress Administration (WPA). As a program of the New Deal, it was provided to create j... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Road construction crews use an excavator to dig while two dump trucks drive by in the background. The trucks are likely Internationals. |
| Date: | 11 18 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stands on a road surrounded by two International Model 63 trucks and a Gilbert road grader machine operated by the M.O. Weaver Construction Co. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Looking northeast, towards the Wisconsin State Capitol from West Washington Avenue at its intersection with 503 Regent Street. At the left is the Hoffman F... |
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