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Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
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...
Book or Pamphlet

Buckeye Calendar — October and November

Date: 1893
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...
Map or Atlas

Yesterday and Today : A History

Date: 1899
Description: This map is a folded insert from the pamphlet "Yesterday and Today : A History." The map features the North-Western Line with labeled railway tracks and st...
Postcard

Clinton Rail Road Station

Date: 1910
Description: Colorized postcard view of the railroad station yard master's tower. Caption reads: "R. R. Station, Clinton, Wis."
Postcard

Rear of Plant

Date: 1920
Description: Postcard with of two views for the Cudahy Bros. Meat Packing Co. The top is of a billboard with a peacock in a tree, and the words: "The Home of the Peaco...
Postcard

Broadway View of Dam and Bridge Over Fox River

Date: 1920
Description: Color-enhanced postcard with an elevated view of the dam and swing bridge over the lock on the Fox River. Caption reads: "Birdseye View of Dam and Bridge o...
Postcard

Wood Yard and Office, De Pere Co-operative Coal Co.

Date: 1914
Description: Elevated view of the wood yard and office. The stone structure on the right is the remnant of the National Furnace Company, an iron ore smelting company. C...
Postcard

Wagon Bridge and C.L. & B. Co.'s Mill

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view looking east and upstream from the shoreline towards the wide Chippewa River. The water level is nearly up to the railroad tracks in the fore...
Postcard

Norway Piling, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across railroad tracks towards train flatbeds stacked with large pine logs. There is a man standing further down the tracks looking towards the flatbe...
Postcard

Omaha Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced photographic postcard view of the Omaha railroad station. Caption reads: "Omaha Depot, Eau Claire, Wis."
Postcard

C. St. M. & O. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Color enhanced photograph of the depot for the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha Railroad. There are horse-drawn carriages and pedestrians at the dep...
Poster

"Begegnung" (Brief Encounter) Film Poster

Date: 1956
Description: German film poster for the re-release of the British film. Illustrated head and shoulders image of a woman, with her eyes closed. Behind her are railroad t...
Magazine or Periodical

Wisconsin Central Ltd. System Map

Date: 1990
Description: This map shows main railroad track, lines out of service, abandoned lines, and trackage rights. The back of the map shows Wisconsin Central Ltd. lines and ...
Map or Atlas

St. Paul and Sioux City Railroad : and Branches, Showing Their Land Grants

Date: 1880
Description: This map covers parts of Minnesota, Iowa, and South Dakota and advertised 1,000,000 acres of land available. Communities, roads, and railroad lines are lab...
Map or Atlas

Map of the 1st, 3rd, and 7th Wards of the City of Milwaukee

Date: 1880
Description: This map shows wards, roads, railroads, lot and block numbers, subdivisions, parks, and some landownership. A handwritten annotation in red reads: "Note: S...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: This map shows railroad routes in red, blue, orange, brown, pink, green, and dotted, as well as lakes, rivers, and communities. The map includes a legend i...
Map or Atlas

Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1898
Description: This map shows railroad routes in red, blue, orange, brown, pink, green, and dotted, as well as lakes, rivers, and communities. The map includes a legend i...
Map or Atlas

City of Madison : Proposed Change on Official Map

Date: 1968
Description: This blue line print map shows proposed changes reserving railroad right-of-ways for future highways, land plots, as well as Lake Monona and Lake Mendota.
Map or Atlas

Official Railroad Map of Wisconsin

Date: 1900
Description: This map shows railroad routes in red, blue, orange, brown, pink, green, and dotted, as well as lakes, rivers, and communities. The map includes a legend i...
Postcard

C. M. and St. Paul Station

Date: 1907
Description: Hand-colored view of the train station. Two carts and a man are standing on the platform. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, and houses are in the back...

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