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| Date: | 10 27 1877 |
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| Description: | The arrival of the first train in Waukon, on the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad line. There is a large crowd gathered near the tracks, and one man stands on... |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station. |
| Date: | 1938 |
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| Description: | A Chicago & Northwestern train crossing a railroad bridge. |
| Date: | 05 01 1865 |
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| Description: | Albumen print of Abraham Lincoln's funeral procession. Thirty-six maidens in white surround Lincoln's hearse as it passes through the funeral arch, probabl... |
| Date: | 11 05 1932 |
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| Description: | Herbert Hoover stands with Governor Kohler on the back of a train during a campaign visit. The man in the hat holding the rail of the train car is U.S. Sec... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Wisconsin's Chairman of the State Highway Commission, James R. Law (left), greeting Secretary of the Interior, Julius A. Krug and his wife and son. They ar... |
| Date: | 02 13 1949 |
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| Description: | French representatives arrived in Madison aboard the French Gratitude Train (Merci Train) and were welcomed at the Northwestern Depot by the governor and h... |
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| Description: | Side view of Gaylord Nelson speaking from a train caboose while on the campaign trail during a whistle stop tour. |
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| Description: | Two boys sitting on the railroad tracks under a train. The boy on the left is looking back over his shoulder and is wearing a straw hat with a small Americ... |
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| Description: | View of the Santa Fe demonstration train number 3009. Spectators are around the train. A sign on the train reads: "A.T. & S.F." and "Santa Fe Type Mallet A... |
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| Description: | A crowd is shown gathered near the Santa Fe demonstration train #3009. A sign on the front of the locomotive reads: "3009" and an American flag is on the f... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | A view of the Crawford, McGregor & Caney Manufacturing Co. with people, horses and wagons, trains, and other buildings visible as well. Text on the photogr... |
| Date: | 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing near the Imperial train carrying members of the Root Commission at a railroad station. Original caption reads: "General Horwaeth, chief of Rus... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing at a train station in Harbin, Russia (now China). Original caption identifies the men as follows: "Dr. Mott, Mr. Moran, Mr. [?] (YMCA Gen'l Se... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men and women wait on and near box cars at a train platform in Russia. The original caption reads: "cheapest traveling on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [Railway].... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
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| Description: | Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing. |
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| Description: | A group of men are standing next to the Badger Milk Train, which was part of the Sauk County Milk for Peace program. As the sign behind them notes, this pr... |
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