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  1. 88.42.18 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. View of parts and supply warehouses at Carnestown during Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "Carnestown".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  2. 88.42.19 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Distant view of building and repair shops at Port DuPont, used during Tamiami Trail construction, as seen from the water, circa 1926. Originally captioned "Repair Base. Port DuPont."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  3. 88.42.20 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Two Bay City walking dredges with booms extended working in tandem on section of east Tamiami Trail. Drill car in distance (far right). Originally captioned "3-dredge battery at the Front. The drilling machine far in the distance sets the pace."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  4. 88.42.22 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Pile driver and work crew setting wooden piles for bridge on Immokalee Road during Tamiami Trail construction. Canal on right. Originally captioned "Pile Driver Working on Bridges on Immokalee Road".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  5. 88.42.24 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Bay City dredge in operation with boom and bucket extended, during construction of east Tamiami Trail. Man standing on right with Graflex camera identified as Tommy Stephens, State Road Department Project Engineer. Originally captioned "Bay City Dredge on Trail East."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  6. 88.42.25 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Bay City floating dredge working in canal, with bucket and outriggers extended, dredging fill during Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "Bay City Floater. Dredge in softer material."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  7. 88.42.26 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Dragline sinking to one side and bogged down in swamp during Tamiami Trail construction, Immokalee Road project. Two workmen crouching by front tracks. Originally captioned "Drag line in muck on Immokalee Road."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  8. 88.42.28 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Blasting crew in cypress swamp and standing by before charge of dynamite is detonated during Tamiami Trail construction, Immokalee Road project. Originally captioned "Big Marsh, Immokalee Road."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  9. 88.42.30 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Rough graded roadbed for Immokalee Road with 40-foot drainage canal on right, during Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "View along Immokalee Road during construction."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  10. 88.42.31 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Rough graded roadbed for Immokalee Road with 40-foot drainage canal on right, during Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "Immokalee Road During Construction."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  11. 88.42.32 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Rough graded roadbed for Immokalee Road with 40-foot drainage canal on right, during Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "40 Foot Drainage Canal with 28-foot Highway and A.C.L. RR alongside."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  12. 88.42.34 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Group of workers gathered in front of repair shop used during Immokalee Road / Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "Machine Shop South of Immokalee".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  13. 88.42.36 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Rough graded roadbed for Immokalee Road during Tamiami Trail construction. Pile driver (center) at work in distance. Originally captioned "Immokalee Road During Construction".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  14. 88.42.38 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Solitary automobile traveling along fine graded section of Immokalee Road during Tamiami Trail construction. Finished track for A.C.L. Railroad on left, stretching off into distance. Originally captioned "Immokalee Road. Central Route to the North through Collier County where three means of transportation parallel each other on a single right of way only 150 feet wide."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  15. 88.42.39 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Solitary automobile traveling along fine graded section of Immokalee Road during Tamiami Trail construction. Finished track for A.C.L. Railroad on left, stretching off into distance. Original typed caption on reverse reads "This view six miles south of Immokalee in 1927 shows the highway and railroad built through the center of Collier County by Barron G. Collier."

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  16. 88.42.4 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. View of cypress swamp along proposed route of Tamiami Trail. Caption on reverse reads "The Collier County Everglades as they are now, ever have been, but will not ever be. Where today naught but cypress and saw grass grow, tomorrow, with proper drainage, will luxuriate the finest crops. Some day, to America, this region will be what the Nile Valley is to Egypt." Collier Development Corporation black ink stamp on reverse.

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  17. 88.42.40 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Waterfront view of repair and machine shops at Port DuPont used during Tamiami Trail construction. Originally captioned "Behind The Lines. Machine, Blacksmith, Garage, Woodworking Shops, Saw Mill and Boat Ways".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  18. 88.42.41 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Collier City exhibit booth and clam industry display at the Collier County Fair and Tamiami Exposition held in Everglades City to celebrate completion of Tamiami Trail. Originally captioned "Collier City Booth".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  19. 88.42.42 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. Poultry exhibit at the Collier County Fair and Tamiami Exposition held in Everglades City to celebrate completion of the Tamiami Trail. Originally captioned "Collier County Fair, April 1928. Poultry Display".

    Record Type: Photo

    Print, Photographic
  20. 88.42.48 - Print, Photographic

    B&W. View of the motorist aid station and filling pumps at Monroe Station on the Tamiami Trail. Man standing on far right identified as Earl McGill.

    Record Type: Photo

    Monroe Station, c1928

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