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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the railroad yards and station. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards and Station, Portage, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Passenger Depot, Madison, Wis." |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Logging Museum in Rhinelander. Caption reads: "Museum, Rhinelander, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Union Depot. Caption reads: "Union Depot, Milton Junction, Wis." |
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| Description: | Color postcard view of the railroad locomotive used in a famous Civil War incident, which was later retold in Buster Keaton's motion picture The General... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A train rests at the stop while commuters wait to board from the platform. There is a horse to the right... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L... |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view across railroad tracks towards a train depot, with passengers gathered on the platform awaiting an arriving train. Horse-drawn wagons and... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Hand-colored view of the train depot with a passenger train on the tracks and passengers on the platform. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Railway Depot, Fort Atk... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the Sumter and Choctaw R.R., Mikado Type Locomotive, freight cars and Milwaukee Road caboose. |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a green customized locomotive. Text on reverse reads: "Famous Dwight D. Eisenhower Locomotive #60008. Built in London and N.E.R.R. in ... |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Hayward Depot, with a train approaching. Several people are on the platform. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Station. Horses and coaches are at the curb. A train is pulling up to the station, and men are standing on t... |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. A train is approaching on the right. A horse and carriage are in front of the roofed platform. Capt... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View down a set of two railroad tracks towards the Mauston Railroad Station on the right, and an approaching train on the left set of tracks. Workers and p... |
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| Description: | View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o... |
| Date: | 07 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tunnel No. 2, Norwalk, Wis." A locomotive is coming through a short tunnel, the sky can be seen on the other side. The entrance to th... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "West of the City, Sheboygan, Wis." A view of the city looking towards the lake, with a locomotive on the right rounding the bend and ... |
| Date: | 09 14 1912 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "C. & N. W. Depot. Sheboygan, Wis." The Chicago & North Western railroad depot, built of brick in 1906. A train is stopped, pedestrian... |
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