Call NumberX-11013Date1933-1945SummaryWorkers remove the windrowed material before applying a prime coat during the oiling of a residential street in Fort Collins, Colorado in Larimer County. Large trucks are parked in the middle of the street.Physical Description1 photoprint : black-and-white ; 6 x 6 cm (2 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)Born-Digital or AnalogAnalogSubjectFort Collins (Colo.)Road construction--Colorado--Fort CollinsGeographic AreaFort Collins (Colo.)CollectionPhotographs - Western HistoryRelated MaterialImage File: ZZR710011013Type of MaterialPhotographic printsBlack & white photographsDigital Version Created FromWriters' Program of the Work Projects Administration in the State of Colorado.Original Material Found in CollectionWPA PhotosNotesDiagram drawn on bottom of album paper attached to back of photoprint showing: "mat," "water," and "c.& g."; Hand-written at bottom of album paper: "Unless core is used in securing a good bond of the mat against the gutter, water will penetrate and cause settlement and disintigration of mat. WO4921 is the best project we have in using core in this matter."; Hand-written on album paper attached to photoprint: "Removing windrowed material before prime coat."; Photoprint attached to album page with four other prints: X-11014, X-11015, X-11016, and X-11017. Photoprint has yellowed. Title on album paper attached to photoprint. WP4921. "Is Part Of" term supplied by cataloger. R7100110131
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