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Poster

Farmall Tractor Advertising Poster

Date: 1928
Description: Advertising poster for McCormick-Deering Farmall tractors showing a map of the United States with trains speeding in all directions from Illinois. Bears th...
Book or Pamphlet

Artesian Stock Farm

Date: 1884
Description: Bird's-eye view drawing of the grounds of Villa Louis, the estate of the fur trading Dousman family. After the death of H. Louis Dousman's mother in 1882, ...
Photograph

Train at Valders

Date: 1912
Description: A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea...
Photograph

Land Clearing Train

Date: 
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...
Photograph

East River with Train Crossing

Date: 
Description: Aerial view of a train crossing the East River in a rural community south of Green Bay. Some buildings are visible to the right and the background of the i...
Photograph

Panoramic View of the Chicago Great Western Train Traveling

Date: 1937
Description: A panoramic view of the Chicago Great Western train traveling across the countryside carrying assorted International Harvester wagons. The majority of the ...
Photograph

Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
Photograph

New Union Railroad Station

Date: 1915
Description: New Union Railroad Station, a stop of the Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, was completed in the early 1840's.
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Woman at Lookout Cliff

Date: 
Description: View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees.
Photograph

Blowing Up a Stump

Date: 1921
Description: View of a stump as it's being blown up with explosives in a field on a farm. In the background is a train.
Photograph

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...
Postcard

The Horseshoe Curve Near Ableman, Wis.

Date: 
Description: Colorized postcard of the horseshoe curve of railroad tracks. Elevated view of the railroad tracks with train snaking past a farmhouse and a bridge suspend...
Photograph

Depot and Train

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

Train Derailment

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

Train Derailment

Date: 
Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Mazomanie. The church's steeple stands out in the landscape of houses and barns.
Photograph

Soo Line Tracks

Date: 08 1988
Description: "For nostalgia, a steam locomotive made a run on the Soo Line tracks."
Print

The Tractor Years Ahead of Its Time

Date: 1919
Description: Advertisement for Wallis tractors featuring an a side-view illustration of a man using a tractor in a farm field. The farmer is waving to a train running a...
Photograph

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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