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George Little & Son Leaving Madison

Date: 04 14 1932
Description: George Little, former University of Wisconsin athletic director, and son George Jr., leaving Madison, at railroad station.
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Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
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Railway Express Agency Truck

Date: 12 1947
Description: Railway Express Agency truck in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railway station. Seated or standing on the truck are five people (Frost family?). The...
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Bertha Middleton and Myron Becker

Date: 12 27 1947
Description: Bertha Middleton greeting her brother Myron Becker at the Milwaukee Road railway station on Franklin Street. The siblings had not seen each other for 23 y...
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The J.B. Alexander Family

Date: 1900
Description: The J.B. Alexander family at the Wisconsin Central train depot. The young child in front holds a doll.
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Storch Family Reunification

Date: 03 06 1952
Description: Peter Storch, engineer at Ann Emery hall, and his children are shown at the Milwaukee Road depot where they met their son and brother, Alois Storch with hi...
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Boy Scouts Leaving for Jamboree

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: Reedsburg Boy Scout Andy Nichols prepares to leave for a national Jamboree at Valley Force, Pennsylvania. He stands with his family at Madison's Milwaukee ...
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Boy Scouts Leaving for Jamboree

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: Boy Scout Jim Drescher says good-by to his sister Becky Drescher and his mother, Marcine Drescher, at the railroad station before leaving for the Jamboree.
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Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Madison Newspapers Inc. newsboy John Pertzborn gives his mother, Margaret Pertzborn, a goodbye hug before boarding the train for a week in the nation's cap...
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Families Leaving from Colony

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in...
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Families Leaving from Colony

Date: 1935
Description: Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward."
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Eight Holt and Stroh Cousins

Date: 07 30 1910
Description: Eight cousins from the Holt and Stroh families are standing arm-in-arm at the depot. Caption reads: "Eight Cousins." Names from left to right: Margaret Str...

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