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Quitting Time at McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of workers filing out of the gates of the McCormick Reaper Works at the end of a work day. The factory became part of the International Harve...
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Streetcar Track Construction on Capitol Square

Date: 1905
Description: Construction of new streetcar tracks on the Capitol Square. In the background, on the corner of Main and Carroll streets, is the Park Hotel. Behind the hot...
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Train at Railroad Crossing

Date: 07 29 1947
Description: Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the...
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Illinois Central Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 05 1947
Description: The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f...
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Commercial Street

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Description: View of Commercial Street. Pedestrians and horse-drawn vehicles are in the street. Business signs read: "C.A. Whale Piano & Organ House" and "Salem Lodging...
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Saint Paul & Des Moines Depot

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Description: A train sits in the Saint Paul & Des Moines train depot while people gather nearby. Text on train reads: "St. P. & D.M. R.R.," "53", "Des Moines Iowa Falls...
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Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

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Description: View of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, with three men standing in the empty train yard. In the distance is a water tower and other buildings.
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1905
Description: A view of Erie Depot on South Market Street, one of Galion's two large railroad depots.
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Children's Park

Date: 1915
Description: View taken from across railroad tracks of a children's park. Crowds of children and adults stand behind a fence along the park. Behind them are large brick...
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Former Fur Trading Post Building

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Description: The former Astor (American Fur Trading Company) post building, now a museum of local history and fur trading history. There is a sign reading: "The Riversi...
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Boys Gathered at Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: View of a group of boys gathered near and on the railroad tracks near a group of adults at a train stop, listening to two well-dressed men speaking. Origin...
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Railroad Avenue

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Description: View down Railroad Avenue, a curving country road lined with inns. The Brower House, established by Charles Chauncey Brower, is visible in the foreground ...
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McCormick Harvesting Machine Company Agency

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks of men and women standing in front of a McCormick Harvester Machine Company dealership or branch house on a dirt road in an uni...
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Columbia Hotel and Railroad Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks of the Leominster Railroad Depot. A boy can be seen riding his bicycle on the platform. Beyond the station stands Columbia Hotel,...
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New Braunfels Passenger Station

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Description: Exterior view of the New Braunfels Passenger Station for the International and Great Northern Railroad.
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Drew Carrier Company

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Description: View across railroad tracks of the Drew Carrier Company, which is a three-story brick building with exterior stairs and a ramp leading up to a second floor...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down platform toward the Waunakee depot and an arriving train. Freight cars are on the tracks on the left. A group of men are standing on the platform...
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E. Grand Ave. from the Bridge

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Description: Colorized postcard view looking down street in the central business district. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street, and horse-drawn vehicles ...
Postcard

Grand Avenue

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Description: Elevated, colorized postcard view of a street in a central business district. Streetcar tracks run down the center of the street, and automobiles are drivi...
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Three-Wheeled Railroad Cycle

Date: 1908
Description: C.F. Kaufman and his wife seated on a bicycle which he adapted to run, as a three-wheeled cycle, on railroad rails.

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