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Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."
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Drafted Men at Chicago & Northwestern Station

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: Elevated view of draftees at the Northwestern depot on their way to basic training and then France. Nearly 3,000 Madison men joined the war effort.
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Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
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Troops Leaving Menomonie

Date: 07 16 1918
Description: Elevated view of the departure of the drafted soldiers at the Menomonie railroad station, with a crowd present to see them off.
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Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary

Date: 10 05 1944
Description: Four members of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary, including Mrs. Hazel Miller, the national president, in a horse-drawn carriage in front of the Chic...
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Navy Recruits

Date: 06 29 1948
Description: Five Madison recent high school graduates prior to traveling to Chicago for entrance into the U.S. Navy under the high school training program. From left a...
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Frank Willlman Funeral

Date: 07 16 1949
Description: Funeral cortege of veteran Frank "Bud" Willman at the railroad depot in Edgerton. The cortege included a color guard, Legionnaires and marching men of the...
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Crowd at Train Station

Date: 1946
Description: Elevated view of group of men and women gathered in a train station to greet passengers disembarking a train in a staged photograph for International Harve...
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Naval Reservists

Date: 09 08 1950
Description: Naval reservists line up for roll call while awaiting their train to Chicago on their way to Korea.
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Madison Marine Sendoff

Date: 09 06 1950
Description: Madison Marine Reserve staff Sgt. Frank J. Kasinski embraces his wife before boarding the train taking the reserve unit for active duty in Korea.
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Locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool"

Date: 1864
Description: The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War.
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Men and Women Outside Manchurian Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men, women and children outside the train station at Hailar in Manchuria. Two women hold umbrellas for protection from the sun. The original capti...
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Men and Women at a Russian Rail Stop

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men and women waiting outside small buildings, probably near a train station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The stop may be somewhere between Novo...
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Crowd Near Train Station at Irkutsk, Russia

Date: 1917
Description: Soldiers and civilians on a street near the train station at Irkutsk, Russia. Original caption reads: "station scene at Irkutsk."
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Crowd near Train Station in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Crowd of women, children and soldiers at a train station on the Trans-Siberian Railway. The station may have been located between Mogzon and Vyatka, Russia...
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Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and General Scott in Russia

Date: 07 1917
Description: Cyrus McCormick, Jr. and General Scott standing at a Russian railroad station.
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Ruins of the Railroad Depot

Date: 1865
Description: The ruins of a railroad depot after General Sherman's men burned the town near the end of the Civil War.
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Group at Nebraska Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people and automobiles gathered around a train station at a stop of the "Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign."
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Wish You a Merry Christmas

Date: 1951
Description: The inside of a holiday card. It shows the head of the company, D.C. (Clark) Everest, sitting at his desk. Four green frames across the top show different ...
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...

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