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[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)] – Historic Reproduction

[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)], [between 1909 and 1932] — historic photograph
[Crawford Paving Company at work, Washington, D.C.(?)], [between 1909 and 1932]. Historic photograph from the Washington DC collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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The Crawford Paving Company is named in the title of this view of road work, though the record leaves the location uncertain and lists Washington, D.C. only as a probable setting. Dated between 1909 and 1932, it belongs to the National Photo Company Collection, whose Washington photographers documented the city's streets, buildings and everyday life during those decades. The subject, road construction and its machinery, reflects how paving crews were moving from horse-drawn carts and hand labor toward steam rollers and motorized equipment as automobiles spread through American cities.

Created / published[between 1909 and 1932]
Medium1 photographic print.
GenrePhotographic prints 1900-1940.
NotesNational Photo Company Collection.
SubjectsRoad construction--Washington (D.C.)--1900-1940. Machinery--1900-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan4,096 × 3,279 px · prints to 14 × 11 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-183784

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