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| Title | J. D. Adams & Company Leaning Wheel Road Grader on the Richardson Highway near Valdez, Alaska, ca. 1910 |
| Photographer | Unknown |
| Date | ca. 1910 |
| Notes | The leaning-wheel road graders built by the Adams company of Indianapolis, IN, could be towed by horses or tractors.
Handwritten on verso: An Adams Leaning Wheel Grader.
PH Coll 693.15 |
| Contextual Notes | The Valdez-Fairbanks Trail was built in 1899 as a gold field access trail, navigable only on foot. It was upgraded to handle sleds and wagons through the first decade of the 20th century, when it was renamed the Richardson Highway after General Wilds P. Richardson, who oversaw the upgrade. It was further upgraded for motor vehicles in the 1920s. |
| Subjects (LCTGM) | Graders (Earthmoving machinery); Road construction--Alaska |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Richardson Highway (Alaska) |
| Location Depicted | United States--Alaska |
| Digital Collection | Alaska, Western Canada and United States Collection
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| Order Number | AWC3523
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| Ordering Information | To order a reproduction, inquire about permissions, or for information about prices see: http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcollections/services/reproduction-info |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries. Special Collections Division. |
| Repository Collection | Richardson Highway, Alaska, Photograph Collection. PH Coll 693 |
| Repository Collection Guide | To view the finding aid for this collection see:
http://www.lib.washington.edu/specialcoll/findaids/docs/photosgraphics/RichardsonHighwayPHColl693.xml |
| Object Type | Photograph |
| Physical Description | silver gelatin; b&w; 5.5 x 3 in. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from a photographic print using a Microtek Scanmaker 9800XL at 150 dpi in JPEG format at compression rate 6 and resized to 768x450 ppi. 2009. |
| Restrictions | For information on permissions for use and reproductions please visit UW Libraries Special Collections Reproduction & Use page
http://content.lib.washington.edu/sc-use.html |
