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Construction Supervisor

Date: 05 30 1949
Description: "Village board member, Fred Bandlow, supervised road construction on Wisconsin Street."
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Looking Northeast up Washington Avenue

Date: 1950
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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University of Wisconsin-Madison Ladies' Hall

Date: 1900
Description: A southeast view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison Ladies' Hall. In the foreground two men are working in the road among piles of dirt and rock.
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Testing New Equipment

Date: 1922
Description: This photograph from the Wisconsin Highway Commission records is unidentified, but a few internal details helps to understand the content. The Wisconsin li...
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Kewaunee County Road Crew

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Description: Kewaunee County road crew.
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Workman with Jackhammer

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with jackhammer making street repairs with an air hammer with compressor. Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Co. Saunders Grocery store is across the street a...
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East Mifflin Street Looking North

Date: 1901
Description: View down East Mifflin Street looking north near Blair Street. Men are working on road construction.
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African American Road Crew

Date: 08 1912
Description: Two African American men unloading the cement chute during paving of Janesville Plank Road.
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Air Hammer Road Work

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: A worker is using an air hammer with compressor truck to do work on the road in the 800 block of University Avenue, looking west. Wisconsin Foundry & Machi...
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Milwaukee Street Repair

Date: 1952
Description: Milwaukee streets department employees repair the intersection of Meinecke Avenue and 12th Street. Behind them, a Blatz truck is making a delivery to the ...
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Road Work

Date: 04 1995
Description: "Road work is in progress on Highways 28 and 67 (Mayville Road)."
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Concrete Pour at Clintonville

Date: 1914
Description: Paving the main street with concrete was an occasion that brought out a large part of the Clintonville community to watch.
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Road Work

Date: 1994
Description: "Blacktop is being laid at this intersection in the Village of Theresa."
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Blacktopping a Residential Street

Date: 1955
Description: A construction crew blacktopping a Madison residential street.
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Brick Paving

Date: 1895
Description: Paving Watertown's main street with bricks, with almost as many men who are watching as construction workers.
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Paving North Main Street

Date: 1901
Description: A crew of construction workers paving North Main Street with brick.
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Blacktopping a Suburban Street

Date: 1955
Description: Blacktopping a new Madison residential street. Construction of the ranch-style houses in the background is almost complete.
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Building a Wood Block Road

Date: 1903
Description: Men working on a wood block road.
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Affirmative Action

Date: 1976
Description: A woman and a man are working on a road construction crew, with a dump truck full of sand behind them. They are wearing work clothes and hard hats. In the ...
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Workman and Truck

Date: 11 06 1928
Description: Man with air hammer working on a road near a parked truck.

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