Road condition and construction photographs, ca. 1910-ca. 1953.

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Road condition and construction photographs, ca. 1910-ca. 1953.

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Photographs from the Wisconsin State Highway Commission documenting road conditions, road construction, bridge and culvert construction, road construction equipment, work crews, vehicles on roads, and signage in Wisconsin, ca. 1910-1950.

1226 photographs and209 negatives.

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6924164

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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Wisconsin. Highway Commission.

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The Highway Commission was created by Chapter 337, Laws of 1911. State Laws of 1929 reorganized the commission from a five person, part-time agency to a three-person, full-time agency. With the reorganization of state government agencies in 1967 (Chapter 75), the Highway Commission was placed under the newly created Department of Transportation (see WIHV85-A1884). Chapter 29, Laws of 1977 created an independent Transportation Commission (see WIHV85-A214) which took over many of the ...