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| Description: | Locomotive with barrels of cargo, sits on the tracks. The caption reads: "First Locomotive, 1831." |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Depiction of the "modern" locomotive at the beginning of the 20th century. |
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| Description: | A depiction of the Second Locomotive is shown on the tracks and ready to roll. Caption reads: "Second Locomotive, 1845." |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the railroad yards and station. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards and Station, Portage, Wis." |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Union Depot. Caption reads: "Union Depot, Milton Junction, Wis." |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A day passenger train crossing the high North Western railroad bridge over the Chippewa River. Railroad tracks are along the shoreline in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Railroad Depot. North Freedom is the home of the Mid-Continent Railway Museum which operates excursion tours on a steam railroad. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Jan. 1915". At bottom it reads: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right reads: "North Station C. & N... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration of an elevated view of the "McCormick Reaper & Mower Works." Ships are on Lake Michigan in the background. |
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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: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch... |
| 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: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Reproduction of a painting depicting an Olympian Hiawatha locomotive and an Olympian Hiawatha observation car traveling in the western United States. A man... |
| Date: | 07 1892 |
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| Description: | Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | 1893 calendar with the months of October and November. Features an illustration of a woman sitting at a desk using a telegraph key, near the words: "The Ca... |
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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: | 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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