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| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | The Chicago and Northwestern Railway depot. Caption reads: "C. & N. W. Depot, Kenosha, Wis." |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot with train approaching the station. Caption reads: "Depot Scene, Stanley, Wis." |
| 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: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View across river toward the malt house. In the background is the south side brewery of the same company. There are two steamboats, one large, one small. ... |
| 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: | Letterhead of the Phillip Best Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with three separate proscenium views of the Empire Brewery, the South Side Brewery,... |
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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 the Post Office in Cazenovia, Wisconsin. On the left is an eagle resting on a pile of U.S. Mail bags. On the right is an image of a railroad ... |
| Date: | 1902 |
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| Description: | A bird's-eye view illustration of the Northern Electrical Manufacturing Company. The company was founded in 1895 by four Madison businessmen, Conrad M. Con... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | The Lake Geneva Express train, engine number 1526, which ran between Lake Geneva and Chicago. |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Hayward Depot, with a train approaching. Several people are on the platform. |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of the depot building in Iola. A caboose is on the railroad tracks on the right side. Text on reverse reads: "The Depot, Iola, Wisconsin.... |
| 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 toward the Northwestern Railroad Depot in Janesville. Trains are on the tracks and automobiles are parked at the curb. Caption ... |
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| Description: | View of the Johnson Creek Depot and a train pulling up. Passengers are on the platform. Caption reads: "Just Arriving at Johnson's Creek, Wis." |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a street next to the train depot. A train is on the left, and a mill and grain company is in the background. Caption reads: "Railroad St. ... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Poster depicting a locomotive speeding along railroad tracks with airplanes flying overhead. The airplanes have the markings associated with American warpl... |
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| Description: | Tinted postcard view of crowds of people standing near a railroad train on the far right, and a train station in the center with a sign that reads: "Watert... |
| 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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