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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
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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: | 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: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Pass # 258 issued to General Manager Charles Lapham by the Wisconsin Western Railroad for the year 1900. |
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| Description: | Ticket envelope for the Santa Fe Railroad. The bold graphic design emphasizes the streamlined, futuristic design of the railroad's locomotives. |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Color brochure advertising the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Minneapolis Railroad's Hiawatha, the first streamlined steam locomotive. Hiawatha trains boas... |
| 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: | Color illustration of Abraham Lincoln riding a horse behind a wagon as children look on. There is a locomotive in the background. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Front cover of an advertising catalog for oil and gas engines for railroad service. The cover includes an illustration of the front of an engine that bears... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for International Harvester oil engines for railroad service. Includes a small illustration of a train bearing the company ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Chicago & Northwestern Railway passenger depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Passenger Depot, Madison, 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: | 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." |
| 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: | 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. |
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| Description: | Cover of piano music, showing a train at night with headlight on, titled "The Midnight Flyer," March Two-Step. Arranged by E.T. Paull. |
| 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. |
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