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Land Clearing Train

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Description: View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa...
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Building Concrete Curb of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: View of the construction of the concrete curbs of pit silo, including a wooden form. On the left is a young girl looking out from behind a fence. In the fa...
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Children Near Tenements

Date: 1917
Description: Elevated view of five children walking in a field behind what appears to be tenement housing. Wooden fire escapes are attached to the rear of the buildings...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1909
Description: Train stopped at Blue River Depot.
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Train Derailment

Date: 02 01 1959
Description: "Train derailment. Photo taken from North Pole Road. Hwy 28 can be seen in the distance (left)."
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Train Derailment

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Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
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Birds Eye View

Date: 1921
Description: View of Norwalk looking down from a hill. Farm fields and forests surround the town.
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Scenic View on Lower Dam

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Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at a river and reservoir. A railroad train is moving along railroad tracks on the opposite side of the river. Houses a...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
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Five Engines Bucking Snow on Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with five engines bucking snow on the Soo Line. Between January 21 and 22, 1917, 9" of snow fell with drifts up to 11.5 feet covering western ...
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Farmall Tractors on Railroad Train

Date: 08 31 1928
Description: View across field towards the left side of a Chicago Great Western locomotive on railroad tracks pulling cars loaded with Farmall tractors. A sign on the l...
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Train Entering Railroad Yard

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Elevated view across dirt road towards a train entering a railroad yard.
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Train with Lumber

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Description: View across field towards a train loaded with slatted lumber piled into train cars. Telephone poles are along the railroad tracks.

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