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Road Construction Crew

Date: 1920
Description: Dump trucks and steam shovel of the S.P. Croft Company, a road contractor from Milwaukee, at work at an unidentified Wisconsin site.
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Kewaunee County Road Crew

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Description: Kewaunee County road crew.
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Roxboro Road

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Description: A view of men grating the new surface of Roxboro Road, a section of the U.S. Highway. In the background is a steamroller.
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Resurfacing Roxboro Road

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Description: View toward seven men resurfacing a section of Roxboro Road. There is a steam roller in the foreground.
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Bridge Construction

Date: 1949
Description: Construction crew pouring concrete by hand on a bridge on Highway 11 near Browntown.
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Building I-94 with Earthmover

Date: 10 1959
Description: Construction of Interstate Highway I-94 in Waukesha County using an earthmover manufactured by Allis Chalmers.
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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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Edward P. Allis Reliance Works

Date: 1890
Description: Section of the factory at a crossroads with road construction workers outside. Name of company visible on building.
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Construction of City Hall

Date: 1888
Description: View across unpaved road towards construction workers at the site of the new city hall. William Waters, architect.
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Wooden Sidewalk

Date: 1906
Description: View down a wooden sidewalk, next to a dirt road. Some piles of wood are in the road near a portion of the sidewalk that is under construction.
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Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 11 16 1960
Description: Elevated view of the interstate highway bridge construction at Mirror Lake showing the concrete footings halfway down the embankment.
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View across unpaved road toward construction workers loading a stone slab onto a horse-drawn wagon during the construction of the Eau Claire Public Library...
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Eau Claire Public Library Construction

Date: 1903
Description: View across unpaved road towards construction workers working on the first floor of the Eau Claire Public Library at the intersection of Farwell Street and...
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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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Kissel Truck

Date: 1919
Description: Kissel truck owned by Washington County entering a gravel pit.
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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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Workers at Mirror Lake Bridge Construction

Date: 1960
Description: View from below looking up towards workers constructing and reinforcing the forms for the footings of the interstate highway bridge at Mirror Lake.
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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.
Postcard

Egg Harbor Street Scene

Date: 1911
Description: Postcard view of a street in Egg Harbor. A steam roller and pedestrians are on the road. Several buildings line both sides of the street. Caption reads: "S...
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Highway Commission Truck

Date: 1921
Description: Highway Commission dump truck photographed outside the Heil Company factory in Milwaukee. The truck was a Nash four-wheel drive model with the body built ...

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