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| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | Ticket for a one way trip in 1976 from Madison, Wisconsin, to New York City via the Milwaukee Road. The ticket cost $71.73. |
| 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: | 1860 |
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| Description: | View of the Rock River with a train on a railroad bridge in the foreground, and the town in the distance. Pedestrians are walking along a path on the left ... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
| 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: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | An original colored poster celebrating the Milwaukee Road's 90 years of progress. The poster features three photographs of locomotive engines, ranging in t... |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | Front cover of the 70th Anniversary (1868-1938) John A. Salzer Seed Co. catalog featuring a colorful mix of pansies and a quotation from Shakespeare. The a... |
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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: | 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: | 1902 |
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| Description: | Two panoramic bird's-eye views of the Paine Lumber Company, including the general plant, sawmill, and lumber yards. Heading at the top says: Home of Wiscon... |
| 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... |
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| Description: | A view of the Morrisdale Coal Company's shaft showing surface buildings before the fire of December 15, 1899. |
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| Description: | Letterhead of John J. Sherman, a real estate broker and tax, title, collection, and passenger agent in Wausau, Wisconsin, with images of men felling trees ... |
| 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: | 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... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | A print depicts activity around the three-story, wood frame Geneva Flouring Mills. Horse-drawn wagons, pedestrians, and a boy rolling a hoop create a busy ... |
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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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