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1939 Pulverization of brick paving on Route 66/Vandalia Street in Edwardsville

Citation

“1939 Pulverization of brick paving on Route 66/Vandalia Street in Edwardsville,” Madison Historical, accessed December 22, 2024, https://madison-historical.siue.edu/archive/items/show/899.

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Description

This 1939 photograph shows a construction truck for the Madison Construction Company pulverizing brick paving in preparation for repaving Route 66/Vandalia Street through Edwardsville.

Source

  • Cheryl Eichar Jett

Subjects

  • Edwardsville
  • roads
  • Route 66

Date

1939

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Type

  • Photograph

Format

  • Black and white photographic print
  • jpg

Coverage

  • Edwardsville, Illinois
  • 1930s

Identifier

  • Jett-Cheryl-P-0002
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