Road Construction, 1919

Item

Identifier: B207.01.0001.0001.00005

Staff Only

Abstract

Mounted photograph showing a construction crew building a road in South Dakota. Eight men, a woman and a child pose with two-, three- and four-horse hitches with grading implements on an open prairie. Behind them are two moveable construction trailers and an open motor vehicle. A freshly graded section of road runs up the hill in the left background; a canvas-roofed structure is behind the leftmost team, and a enclosed wood wagon and tent is pitched in the far right backgrond. After serving in the Army as an engineer during World War I, Morris Adelstein joined his mother in Kadoka, South Dakota and was elected as the county engineer for several counties in the state. Morris Adelstein and his banker founded the Northwestern Engineering Company in 1924.

Dates

1919

Creator

Miller Photography Studio (Organization)

Rights and Usage Statement

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Extent

From the File: 0.5 Linear Feet (1 legal document box)

Additional Description

Scope and Contents

From the Collection:

The Papers contain nine folders and one book, Paving the Way: The Life Morris E. Adelstein by Howard Shaff and Audrey K. Shaff (1970). There are eight folders of photographs and one folder with two issues of The National Jewish Monthly magazine (1944-1945).

Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements

Good condition, 9.5 x 6 inches photograph, 13.5 x 9.5 inches mounting, black and white.

Inscription and Marks:

A typed file label on the mounting “Northwestern Engineering Company, 1919” and a photographer inscription: “Miller, Pierre, SD” is on the mounting. “#5” is printed on the photograph.