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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 background is a building with a sign that reads: "Campus Hall," with "east" over the door and the capital letters "C & H" on the door.
1976
Haber, Lisa
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Trucks Used in Road Construction
July 25, 1925
View from side of road looking down at a man using a dump truck for road construction. The truck is dumping material in front of a large machine. Men are working around the large machine to constru...
Four Wheel Drive Truck
Dump truck manufactured by the Four Wheel Drive Co. of Clintonville and owned by Shawano County. The truck is equipped for rolling and dressing unpaved roads. This image was used for publicity pu...
Road Construction Crew with Truck
October 15, 1928
View towards a truck being loaded with large pipe from a crane. A man is helping to position the large pipe onto the back of the truck. The sign painted on the truck reads: "W.E. Draper Cartage"
Dump Truck Pouring Gravel onto Road
A dump truck full of loose gravel is emptying its load onto a street. A leveler is following behind to redistribute the gravel evenly across the road. There are two men walking to the left of the d...
Man Operating Hough Pay Loader
Elevated view of a man using a Hough Pay Loader to dump material into a truck. A man is standing on the truck, and a sign painted on the passenger side door of the truck reads: "C. Yenglin, Pigeon,...
Dump Truck
July 7, 1920
Dump truck parked alongside a brick building. The truck bed is tilted up. A sign on the passenger side door reads: "Town of Sempronius."
