Work crew on road

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Collection Type

Photography

GUSN

GUSN-187751

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General photographic collection
Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
Geographic locations
Massachusetts
Massachusetts - Shrewsbury
Massachusetts - Shrewsbury - Harlow Coll. - Street views - folder 1 of 2
Work crew on road
(current record)

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General photographic collection
- Standard-size photographs, 1860s-2000s
  - Geographic locations
    - Massachusetts
      - Massachusetts - Shrewsbury
        Massachusetts - Shrewsbury - Harlow Coll. - Street views - folder 1 of 2
        Work crew on road (current record)
        Joseph Picard auction
        "Long Hill" covered in snow, Maple Ave., Shrewsbury, Mass., 28 December 1909
        View of Maple Avenue, Shrewsbury, Mass., undated
        Exterior view of Frank Hichey's House, Main St., Shrewsbury, Mass., undated

Description

A crew of three men work on a dirt road in Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. They appear to be removing a boulder from the middle of the road with a pulley rig. A man holds the reins of a horse-drawn wagon. A buggy is parked on the side on the road.

Details

Descriptive Terms

workers
wagons (cargo vehicles)
buggies (carriages)
pulleys
boulder
labor
black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Inscription

HH28722A (handwritten)

Physical Descrption

1 photograph ; 8 x 10 inches

Collection Code

PC001

Collection Name

General photographic collection

Reference Code

PC001.02.01.USMA.2690.0380.001

Places

Shrewsbury (Worcester county, Massachusetts)

Record Details

Originator

Harlow, Hiram (Photographer)

Material Type

black-and-white prints (photographs)
photographs

Subjects

Dirt roads
Roads Maintenance and repair

Description Level

Item

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