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| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ... |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks... |
| Date: | 1913 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a train wreck. Survivors and onlookers are gathered on and around the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Wreck... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Railroad loading platform with a Gurney Refrigerator Company plant in the far background. On the far left a man pulls a hand cart, in the center a man sits... |
| Date: | 11 16 1908 |
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| Description: | Photographic COLLAGE postcard of scenes of Colfax. In the center oval is the text, "Colfax, Wis. Looks Good To Me," however the "Looks Good To Me" is cross... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a locomotive at the head of a passenger train at the depot. Caption reads: "Depot and Train, Cassville, Wis." |
| Date: | 03 18 1917 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a group of people standing in front of two locomotives, the one on the right with a snowplow attached. Caption reads: "Snow P... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Black and white photographic postcard down two sets of railroad tracks towards the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad station. A number of people are standi... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from left side of double set of railroad tracks towards a locomotive approaching the railroad station from the opposite direction. People are in front... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned oval-shaped photographic view of men posing with a narrow gauge train at the Fennimore Depot. Flowers surround the photograph. Caption reads: "... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Sepia-toned view of a snow-bound train. Caption reads: "Snow Blockade between Fennimore and Lancaster Winter of 1910." |
| 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: | View across railroad tracks towards the Fredonia Depot. There is a train on the tracks, and a man is sitting on the front of the locomotive. A man is stand... |
| Date: | 1964 |
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| Description: | Color postcard of a green customized locomotive. Text on reverse reads: "Famous Dwight D. Eisenhower Locomotive #60008. Built in London and N.E.R.R. in ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View of a locomotive stopped in a wash-out. Two men are standing nearby. Bluffs are in the background. Caption reads: "Wash-Out, Green River, Wis." |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View across tracks towards a small railroad depot, with people gathered on the platform. A locomotive belching smoke is approaching the depot. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 07 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tunnel No. 2, Norwalk, Wis." A locomotive is coming through a short tunnel, the sky can be seen on the other side. The entrance to th... |
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