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Lake Marion from School Section Bluff

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Marion, and the railroad tracks that run along it on the left. A train belching smoke is coming up the tracks. A road runs along the ...
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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...
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Camp Douglas Looking North

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Description: Exterior view identified as Camp Douglas from the south looking north. Elevated view of a town with a railroad track and an oncoming train in the center ...
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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J.T. Case Train

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Description: View across open ground towards a group of men and boys moving towards a train. The train is identified as the train for J.T. Case.
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view along river toward Darlington. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Darlington, Wis."
Photograph

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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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder in Field

Date: 1900
Description: Landscape view of a man using a horse-drawn McCormick binder in a field. There is a barn near a tree further down the field. In the distance a railroad tra...
Photograph

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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Railroad Near Power Plant

Date: 1940
Description: View across empty field towards railroad tracks. In the far background is a water tower next to a power plant.
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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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Circus Train

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Description: View across field towards a train of open railroad cars carrying circus wagons.
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Steam Locomotive Carrying Circus Wagons

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Description: View across field towards a railroad train transporting circus wagons on open railroad cars.
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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.
Postcard

Freight Cars Wrecked

Date: 09 16 1910
Description: Text on front reads: "Freight Cars Wrecked at Sheridan, Wis." A group of people are posing with a line of severely derailed and damaged railroad cars.

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