Postcard
Railroad Loading Platform
| Railroad loading platform with a Gurney Refrigerator Company plant in the far background. On the far left a man pulls a hand cart, in the center a man sits on another cart, and a third man stands smoking on the platform, in front of locomotive 586. Billboards are posted on the wall across the street. Among them, "Fisk," "Old Dutch Cleanser," a refrigerator company, and SpearHead." On the far left is "M.J. Clark, Eagle Bar, Lunch Room." |
| Image ID: | 106814 |
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| Creation Date: | circa 1924 |
| Creator Name: | Witt, Matthew |
| City: | Fond du Lac |
| County: | Fond du Lac |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Matthew Witt photographs, circa 1917-1950 |
| Genre: | Postcard |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | PH 2856 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.125 x 3.125 inches |
| Hats |
| Shoes |
| Suits (Clothing) |
| Work clothes |
| Billboards |
| Cities and towns |
| Factories |
| Men |
| Outdoor photography |
| Restaurants |
| Smoking |
| Carriages and carts |
| Locomotives |
| Pedestrians |
| Railroad tracks |
| Streets |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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