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Dedication of Wisconsin's First Expressway

Date: 09 04 1958
Description: Dedication of Wisconsin's first expressway, a seven-mile stretch of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County, Wisconsin. Presiding at the ribbon-cutting ...
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Austin Western Grader

Date: 06 16 1926
Description: State Highway Commission worker operating an Austin Western grader built around a McCormick-Deering tractor. The worker is leveling road #2 east of Segourn...
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Automobile in Snow on Edgewood Drive

Date: 01 19 1945
Description: Winter scene with automobile parked in front of barricade at west end of Edgewood Drive.
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Evansville Overhead Road Under Construction

Date: 08 21 1931
Description: Evansville overhead road under construction viewed from the Southwest.
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Evansville Overhead Road Under Construction

Date: 08 21 1931
Description: View from the west down two sets of railroad tracks towards men working on the Evansville overhead road which is under construction.
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Construction Equipment on Display

Date: 01 29 1931
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Co. road construction equipment, featuring a new portable rock crushing plant, being displayed at the Wiscon...
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Road Work on University Avenue

Date: 08 19 1929
Description: Workers lay pipe and repave University Avenue, looking east along the 2400 block.
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading a truck as part of road construction in front of Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue. There is a horse-drawn wagon passing by. ...
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Paving University Avenue

Date: 08 22 1929
Description: Steam shovel loading truck at 2300 University Avenue, Collins Lumber Co., 2308 University Avenue.
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Stone Crushing Plant

Date: 10 20 1928
Description: Elevated view of the stone crushing plant of the Wisconsin Foundry and Machine Company on Highway 27 near Soldiers Grove, showing a truck being filled with...
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Mogul Kerosene Tractor and Austin Road Grader

Date: 1912
Description: Road workers leveling road with International Mogul 45 or 30-60 kerosene tractor and Austin Mammoth Steel Reversible Road Machine.
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Regent Street Highway Project

Date: 1935
Description: View of Regent Street from the intersection of Regent and Monroe Streets.
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International Industrial Power Advertising Poster

Date: 1938
Description: Advertising poster for International "industrial power" equipment, including trucks and crawler tractors (TracTracTors). Includes color illustrations of In...
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Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: Aerial view of the construction of the interstate highway near Mirror Lake, showing only the early stages of the bridge construction.
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Road Construction

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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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Robert A. Johnston Company Cookie Factory

Date: 1910
Description: The northwest corner of the Robert A. Johnston Company cookie factory at S. 1st and W. Florida Streets.
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Highway 30 Overpass

Date: 09 30 1947
Description: Highway 30 overpass under construction over the railroad tracks just east of the Sun Prairie Road (East Washington Avenue) junction.
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International Tractor Pulling a Road Grader

Date: 1910
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...
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International Harvester Truck and Road Work

Date: 07 24 1929
Description: International truck operated by the Weaver Construction Company of Iowa. Men are using the truck and a crane for road work.
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Road Construction with Excavator and Trucks

Date: 1930
Description: Road construction crews use an excavator to dig while two dump trucks drive by in the background. The trucks are likely Internationals.

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