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Early Road Roller

Files

Title

Early Road Roller

Subject

Road machinery - Virginia - Shenandoah County

Description

Photograph of an unidentified man driving an early road roller.

A label on the side of the machine says, "The Austin Western Line Serves You Right".

Austin-Western was a well-known manufacturer of heavy road building equipment throughout the first half of the 20th century.

Creator

Morrison Studio

Source

Morrison Studio Collection - Shenandoah County Historical Society

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

Undated

Rights

IN COPYRIGHT - NON-COMMERCIAL USE PERMITTED

Relation

Same early road roller appears in Morrison Studio Collection numbers 003905, 027337, 027348, and 027622.

Identifier

027337

Original Format

Glass Negative

Citationzork

Morrison Studio, “Early Road Roller,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 5, 2025, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/57018.

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