Workers shaping road over timber culvert with Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer, Alaska Highway
Description:
View of workers shaping road over timber culvert with Caterpillar diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer during construction of the Alaska Highway during World War II. Label on back: "Caterpillar Tractor Co., Peoria, Il. Rec'd from War Department. Their letter, 5-11-43. Model, D8. Description of work, Alaskan Highway, 'Caterpillar,' diesel D8 tractor with LaPlant-Choate bulldozer shaping the road over a timber culvert, typical of the ores used in the pioneer road." Handwritten on back: "Bulldozers."
