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Construction workers

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
Scope Note: Here are entered works on all types of laborers, both skilled and unskilled, employed in the construction industry. Works on the construction business, including finance, planning, management, and skills are entered under [Construction industry.] Works on the skilled trades employed in building construction are entered under [Building trades.]

Found in 168 Collections and/or Records:

Moving in from Bel. Water Job, 1929

 File
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0005
Abstract

File contains image of construction equipment and houses in the background.

Dates: 1929
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B207, Morris E. Adelstein (Northwestern Engineering Company) Papers / Photographs / Box 1

Photographs, between 1919-1953

 Series
Identifier: B207.01
Abstract

The series contains photographs of Northwestern Engineering Company worksites and a photograph of Kadoka, South Dakota.

Dates: between 1919-1953
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B207, Morris E. Adelstein (Northwestern Engineering Company) Papers

Road Construction, 1919

 Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0002.00002
Abstract Mounted photograph showing a construction crew in South Dakota. There are two children on a horse, eleven men, and two women. Four of the men are astride saddled horses inside a corral. Behind the people are an automobile, a truck, and two tents. 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 South Dakota. Morris Adelstein and his banker founded the...
Dates: 1919
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B207, Morris E. Adelstein (Northwestern Engineering Company) Papers / Photographs / Box 1 / Road and Culvert Work

Road Construction, 1919

 Item
Identifier: B207.01.0001.0002.00003
Abstract Mounted photograph showing a construction crew building a road and a culvert in South Dakota. There are three four-hitch teams of horses with grading implements and eight men. The men are by a newly constructed culvert and road. Two automobiles are parked on the dirt road and in the distance on the prairie is a wagon. 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...
Dates: 1919
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / B207, Morris E. Adelstein (Northwestern Engineering Company) Papers / Photographs / Box 1 / Road and Culvert Work

University of Denver Apartments, circa 1955

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0003.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of one of the University of Denver apartment buildings in Denver, Colorado. A construction worker wearing a hat and smoking a pipe uses a hammer on top of a cement wall. A second construction worker is also on top of the foundation. Mary Reed Building is in the background.

Dates: circa 1955
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Apartments, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1962

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0025.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado.

Dates: 1961-1962
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0025.00013
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. A crane hauls a piece of stone up to the roof.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0025.00018
Abstract

Exterior view of the contruction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. A fork lift hoists material up to the roof.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 1

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1963

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0026.00003
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. A man guides the hooks on a crane.

Dates: 1961-1963
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 2

University of Denver Boettcher Center - Construction and Ground Breaking, 1961-1962

 Item
Identifier: U201.01.0012.0026.00006
Abstract

Exterior view of the construction of the University of Denver's Boettcher Center in Denver, Colorado. Exterior stair well before railings were added.

Dates: 1961-1962
Found in: Special Collections and Archives / U201, University of Denver Historical Photograph Collection / Photographs, Subject Files / Box 12: Buildings Access - Boettcher Center / Buildings - Boettcher Center, Constuction and Ground Breaking, 2

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