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Early 20th-century photographs documenting various trails and surveys. Includes regions across the U.S. showcasing transportation and landscape.

Whatever He Did He Did Well, So It Followed That His Surveys Were the Best That Could Be Made. Original caption: Whatever he did he did well - So it followed that his surveys were the best that could be made - Washington by Lucy Foster Madison - 1925 - p. 69.
Whatever He Did He Did Well, So It Followed That His Surveys Were the Best That Could Be Made. Original caption: Whatever he did he did well - So it followed that his surveys were the best that could be made - Washington by Lucy Foster Madison - 1925 - p. 69.
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Monument Erected in 1920 at Plymouth, Massachusetts. Original caption: Monument erected in 1920 at Plymouth, Massachusetts to celebrate 300th anniversary of the landing of the Pilgrims in 1620. J. K. Hillers. 1928. State: Massachusetts Place: Plymouth.
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Object Lesson Road Built By Mr. Harrison. Original caption: Object lesson road built by Mr. Harrison of this office in 1912 of iron pyrite cinders. J. J. Tobin Oct. 1915. State: Mississippi Place: Forest Co.
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Top layer of base course after watering, mixing, spreading and rolling, Finishing the seal coat on dense graded mat. Original caption: 39-3833 - Report of Highway Activities in Colombia South America - 1939. Taken by Worth D. Ross. Top layer of base course after watering, mixing, spreading and rolling. Original caption: 39-3834 - Report of Highway Activities in Colombia South America - 1939. Taken by Worth D. Ross. Finishing the seal coat on dense graded mat. State: Colombia.
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San Francisco, California, 1849. From Library of Congress Division of Prints. State: California.
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Harford Road, Baltimore. Original caption: Harford Road, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1948. State: Maryland. Place: Baltimore.
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Part of Old National Road. Original caption: Part of Old National Road. This brick surface which has been down for seven years now being taken up to be replaced by new brick on gravel foundation. L. E. Boyskin May 29, 1914. State: West Virginia Place: Wheeling.
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Roger Conant Statue in Salem, Massachusetts. Original caption: Roger Conant statue in Salem, Massachusetts, in Washington Square at Brown Street. Roger Conant, born 1592, died 1697, the first settler of Salem in 1626. He said "I was a means, through grace assisting me, to stop the flight of those few that were here with me, and that by my utter denial to go away with them, who would have gone either for England, or mostly for Virginia." J. K. Hillers. 8/1/35. State: Massachusetts.
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Station 32. State: Wyoming. Place: Cody-Yellowstone.
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Concrete Road, Maryland. Original caption: Public Roads Magazine. September 1937. State: Maryland.
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"The First Bridge Across the Mississippi". Original caption: The First Bridge Across the Mississippi built by the Minneapolis Bridge Company at Minneapolis, Minnesota. 1854-55. Thos. M. Griffeth, Engineer. From p. 402 - Vol. X - 1891 - Journal of the Association of Engineering Societies. State: Minnesota. Place: Minneapolis.
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De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi. Original caption: De Soto's Discovery of the Mississippi - by Edwin Wiley. Vol.1 p.8 1909 E178 S742.
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Quaker Meeting House. State: Pennsylvania Place: York.
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Announcing the News of the Battle of Lexington in Wall Street. Original caption: Announcing the news of the Battle of Lexington in Wall Street - " the Story of a Street" - Harpers Monthly Magazine. June-Aug. 1908. Vol. 117 p. 131. State: New York Place: New York City.
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Road After Improvement, Concrete Road 16 Ft Wide 6" to 8" Thick. Original caption: Road after improvement - Concrete road 16 ft wide 6" to 8" thick. Companion to 10447. Take by W. E. Rosengarten - 5/15/16. See - 10447 - 12337 - 12341 - 12342 - 14343 - 32897. State: Ohio Place: Licking Co.
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Low Shoulders, Minnesota. Original caption: 43-3663 - Low and dangerous shoulder conditions 9 miles west of Redwood Falls. May 27, 1937. Original caption: 43-3664 - FAP 425-A Nine miles west of Redwood Falls at approximately the same location as the above photograph showing shoulders repaired with stabilized gravel material. November 30, 1937. State: Minnesota.
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Model of Burmese Car of State. Original caption: National Museum. Model of Burmese car of state. Composed wholly of wood used by phoonyges (priests) upon ceremonial occasions when the car was drawn by a pair of buffaloes. State: Washington, D.C.
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Wellington, the Remodeled Home of Tobias Lear, George Washington's Secretary. State: Virginia.
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Peace River valley looking northeast from about mile D-35; Long tangent looking southeast at mile D-29. Original caption: 43-3100 - (Figure 11) Peace River valley looking northeast from about mile D-35. September 1943. Original caption: 43-3101 - (Figure 12) Long tangent looking southeast at mile D-29. Dust stirred up by passing vehicles is annoying, particularly on days when there is no wind to carry it away from the highway. September 1943. State: Alaska.
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Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials Held in Virginia October 9, 1939. Original caption: Twenty-fifth anniversary of the American Association of State Highway Officials held in Virginia October 9, 1939. J. K. Hillers - October, 1939. State: Virginia Place: Williamsburg.
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Singapore, Straits Settlements. Original caption: Singapore, Straits Settlements: Prints rec'd with Consular Reports. State: China. Place: Singapore, Malay Peninsula.
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U.S. Route 50. Original caption: Taken by J. K. Hillers - October, 1938 - for the Legal Division. State: Virginia. Place: Fort Meyer.
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Harford Road, Baltimore. Original caption: Harford Road, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1948. State: Maryland. Place: Baltimore.
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Photos from inspection report of Mississippi Cooperative Erosion Control Projects #1 to #12 inclusive. Original caption: Copies of photographs appearing in February 21, 1942 inspection report of Mississippi Cooperative Erosion Control Projects #1 to #12 inclusive. State: Mississippi.
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A Villein. Original caption: From "Ancient and Medieval History" by Carlton J. H. Hays and Parker Thomas Moon New York 1929 p. 536.
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Benna. Original caption: Benna - p. 82 - A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities by Anthony Rich, London 1901. DLC DE5 R52 1901.
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Thomas Twining, an invalided officer of the East Indian government, pays a visit to President Washington in Philadelphia on May 13, 1790 (). Original caption: Thomas Twining an invalided officer of the East Indian government pays a visit to President Washington in Philadelphia on May 13, 1790 () - "At the Capital of the Young Republic" - Harpers New Monthly Magazine. June -Nov. 1894 Vol. 89 p. 873.
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Inspection of the Proposed Site of "This is the Place" Monument at Emigration Trail Canyon. Original caption (46-1481): "This is the Place" monument, Salt Lake City, April 4, 1946 site inspection by Pioneer Monument Association and officials of Utah Road Commission, left to right. (1) City Park Commissioner(2) City Zoo Commissioner(3) George Q. Morris, Executive Vice President, Pioneer Monument Association.(4) John D. Giles, Executive Secretary PioneerMonument Assn.(5) Preston Lindford, Public Roads, Highway Eng., Ogden, Utah. (6)(7) M. C. Moffet, Chief Locator, Utah Roads Comm.(8) Mr. Woolley, Architect Original caption (46-1482): Centennial Memorial Commission and State roads officials going over site plans with Architect Woolley for "This is the Place" monument at Emigration Trail Canyon, Salt Lake City, Utah, on April 4, 1948. At extreme right holding plans is M. C. Moffet, Chief Locating Engineer, Utah Road Commission. Note site location, stakes in foreground. Photos were taken by
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Descent After Leaving the Blue Mountains Sept 13, 1849. Original caption: "Descent After Leaving the Blue Mountains Sept 13, 1849. From page 240-241 Senate Executive Documents, Vol. 1. Copied by H. H. Ritter - April 1938. State: Wyoming.
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On the Roadside: the Alehouse. Original caption: From page 133, "English Wayfaring Life in the Middle Ages" by J. J. Jusserand - London 1921.
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Completed Roadway in Claiborne Parish. Original caption: Project F-407(1), Claiborne Parish. July 7, 1949. Station 380. View looking east showing completed roadway. State: Louisiana. Place: Claiborne Parish.
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First Store in Salina. Original caption: "First store in Salina" from the Library of Congress - Copied by H. H. Ritter March 1938. State: Oklahoma.
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Gay Street, Baltimore. Original caption: Gay Street, Baltimore, Maryland. Photo by T. W. Kines, May 1948. State: Maryland. Place: Baltimore.
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Trappers, Good Roads Congress. Original caption: Trappers - Good Roads Congress - August, 1914. J. J. Tobin. State: Montana Place: Great Falls.
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U.S. Information Bureau - 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Original caption: US Information Bureau- 14th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. Companion to 42-1867. H. H. Ritter - June 17, 1942. State: District of Columbia Place: Washington.
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Historical Marker For Dumfries, Virginia. State: Virginia.
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Tooth Rock Tunnel. Original caption: Tooth Rock Tunnel, Oregon, showing location of incandescent light units. September 1938 - Public Roads Magazine - Fig. 19 p. 139. State: Oregon.
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Roman Farm Plaustrum. Original caption: National Museum. Roman Farm plaustrum. Model after bas-relief of Lucius Petus. Ancient Rome, 300 B.C. State: Washington, D.C.
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Mount-Evans, Section "D". Original caption: Mount-Evans, Section "D", Earth Graded and Drained. View showing section of completed roadway. State: Colorado. Place: Clear Creek.
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Bronze markers included in a shipment to Dawson Creek; Peace River valley and road leading to Chuilli gravel pit. Original caption: 43-3106 - (figure 17) In the rush to get WPA equipment shipped to the Alaska Highway, these bronze markers somehow were included in a shipment to Dawson Creek. September 1943. Original caption: 43-3107 - (figure 18) Peace River valley and road leading down to Chuilli gravel pit, from which gravel for surfacing the highway near Fort St. John was obtained. Chuilli (pronounced chili) pit is about 4 miles southwest of PRA camp at Fort St. John. September 1943. State: Alaska.
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Kit Carson Monument at Daniel's Park, a High Ridge Between U.S. Route 85 and Cherry Creek, and North of Castle Rock. Original caption: Historic points along Denver Trinidad Trail - U.S. Route 85 - Taken 8-4-40. Kit Carson monument at Daniel's Park, a high ridge between U.S. Route 85 and Cherry Creek, and north of Castle Rock. State: Colorado Place: Douglas County.
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Eight-mile Post on U.S. Route 40, East of Wheeling , West Virginia. Original caption: 8 mile post east of Wheeling on U.S. Route #40 in West Virginia. J. K. Hillers. 1928 State: West Virginia.
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Bad Joint, Arkansas. Original caption: Showing bad joint, result of expansion of base. Note broken curb. Sta. 301. Fauntleroy 1920. State: Arkansas. Place: Chicot Co.
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Diagonal Blow-up. Original caption: Diagonal blow-up on Fredericksburg-Washington Road, FAP 365-B, south of Pohick Church, Virginia. June 14, 1933. State: Virginia.
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Street in Panama. Original caption: M. O. Eldridge September 6, 1915. State: Panama.
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Washington as a Public Surveyor in Virginia. Original caption: Washington as a public surveyor in Virginia - Harpers Magazine. Vol. 12 - 1855-56.
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Boston Massacre - Painting By Alonzo Chappel. Original caption: Boston Massacre - Painting by Alonzo Chappel - Life and Times of Washington by Rev. J.F. Schroeder. Vol. 1 p. 160 - 1857. State: Massachusetts.
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Champlain. Original caption: Champlain - From "Brule's Discoveries and Explorations" by Consul Willshire Butterfield Cleveland 1898.
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Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Original caption: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. J. K. Hillers - 6th International Road Congress - Tour #1. State: Connecticut.
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OLR after Improvement. Original caption: OLR after Improvement. Sta. 7 looking south. June 26, 1906. State: Alabama. Place: Anniston.
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Old National Pike Milestone on U.S. Route 40, Columbus, Ohio. Original caption: Old National Pike milestone on US Route #40- 5 1/2 miles from Columbus, Ohio. J. K. Hillers 1928. State: Ohio.
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U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey, Sign Near Morristown National Park. Original caption: 38-2198 - U.S. Route 202 in New Jersey Taken by J. K. Hillers - April 1938. 38-2199 - Sign near Morristown National Park. State: New Jersey.
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From Arlington Cemetery. Original caption: From Arlington Cemetery. Hillers, 1923. State: Washington, D. C.
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Route from Orleans to Chartres. Original caption: Set of 66 - - No. 16. Les Traraux Publics Les Mines - Et La Metallurgie Aux Temps - Des Romains -- Atlas by Alfred Leger -- Paris -- 1875 -- Plate III -- Voies Romaines. Fig. 9. Voie d'Orleans a Chartres. (Ech: 0.01).
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Rheda. Original caption: Rheda - p. 554 - A Dictionary of Roman and Greek Antiquities by Anthony Rich, London 1901. DLC DE5 R52 1901.
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Hi-hsia. Original caption: Hi-hsia. Putting down a culvert foundation must be strong to support a 14 ft. ground fill. State: China.
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In the Catskill Mountains. Original caption: In the Catskill Mountains. Mr. Westgard. Feb. 1911. State: New York Place: On Palmer Hill.
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Photo collection Government information service. Landscapes, river faces. undated. Abcoude, Baambrugge
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Failure in Bituminous Layer, Maryland. Original caption: Failure in Bituminous mixed top near Baltimore, due to wet spot under pavement. Bottom of shovel handle shows where road surface should be. Harrison 1916. State: Maryland. Place: Near Baltimore.
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Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. Original caption: Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut. J. K. Hillers - 6th International Road Congress - Tour #1. State: Connecticut.