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In July of 1886 this group of stonecutters, made up of mostly Aberdeen Scots, posed in front of the new Capitol for the camera of S.H. Cooper. The Scots were imported for the job when local organized labor groups, opposed to the use of convict labor (in competition with free labor), warned all granite cutters to stay away from Austin. |
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In 1907 the process of laying concrete was just a bit different than the pour-it-from-the-truck convenience of today. The men shown here are the concrete crew working on the installation of the streetcar rails at 7th Street and Congress Avenue. |
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Taken in 1940, this photograph shows two workers
in the process of removing the streetcar rails on East 1st Street. |
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