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Claude VanderMolen is wearing a bowler hat, while standing on a hill at a work site with scrip laborers in the background.

City Public Services Department Superintendents. “These were heads of City Departments, largely Directors of Services: Parks, Water, Filtration, Recreation. This group was responsible for funding projects and directing them. The tallest in the…

An unnamed man who served as the night director of the City Streets department, wears a bowler hat, while standing in the forefront of a large scrip labor crew on a hill.

John Edison (City Streets Supervisor), wearing a fedora, stands in the forefront of a large scrip labor crew on a hill.

Scrip laborers are grading hills at Belknap Memorial Park, also known as Belknap Park. The photographer is looking north, and a rear view of St. Alphonsus Church (224 Carrier Street NE) is visible in the background.

Scrip laborers are grading a hill at an unidentified intersection.

Scrip labor crews are adding sidewalks to the 900 block of Aberdeen Street NE. The photographer is facing west toward Plainfield Avenue NE. Aberdeen School is at the left.

The two houses on the right, nearest the automobile are located at 923…

A scrip labor crew replaces a curb on North Division Avenue just north of Lyon Street NE. The photographer is facing south.

The building on the immediate left is the Periodical Publishing Company, at 200-204 N. Division Avenue. South of Lyon is a…

A completed paved roadway in a more rural area, perhaps at one of the city limits, is depicted, with an “End of pavement 500ft.” sign prominently displayed. A car has recently driven that stretch of unidentified road and appears to be continuing onto…

A scrip work crew digs at a hill on an unidentified unimproved road. Vehicles are lined up to receive their load. There is snow on the hill.