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Vilas Park Carousel

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Description: View from a stone bridge towards Vilas Park, with children riding the carousel (merry-go-round) and a kiddie train adjacent to the lagoon.
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Soo Round House at Abbottsford

Date: 1909
Description: The Soo line roundhouse. Caption reads: "Soo Round House, Abbottsford, Wis."
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Portage Railroad Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the railroad yards and station. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards and Station, Portage, Wis."
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Streetcar Viaduct

Date: 1911
Description: Elevated view across valley toward a streetcar viaduct on the Waukesha Interurban Line, near Milwaukee. Caption reads: "Street Car Bridge on Waukesha Inter...
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Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Pontoon Bridge. Caption reads: "Largest Pontoon Bridge in the U.S. Scene at the Tri Cities, North and South McGergor and Prairie du Chien....
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Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
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Tall-tale Postcard: Specimen of California Apples

Date: 1910
Description: Photomontage of two giant yellow apples resting on a flatbed train car. A group of apple trees stand behind the train. Red text in the upper left corner re...
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Allis Chalmers Company's Plant

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of factory with yellow walls and blue roofs. Lake and trains in background, with a tree-lined boulevard in the foreground. Caption reads: "Al...
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Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1960
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 ...
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Kiddie Train

Date: 1960
Description: View across water towards the kiddie train at Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). The train was donated by the Madison Lions Club and operated from 1953-1968...
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Train Making a Stop at the Breed Station

Date: 1943
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...
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The Horseshoe Curve Near Ableman, Wis.

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Description: Colorized postcard of the horseshoe curve of railroad tracks. Elevated view of the railroad tracks with train snaking past a farmhouse and a bridge suspend...
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C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A train rests at the stop while commuters wait to board from the platform. There is a horse to the right...
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Views of Ashland

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Description: Four views of Ashland, including Ellis Avenue, the Chicago and North Western Depot, Northern Pacific and Omaha trains and West Second Street.
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Unloading Horses

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
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C. M. & St. Paul Ry. Depot

Date: 1903
Description: View down tracks towards a depot on the left, and a railroad train on the far track near a water tower on the right. Passengers are standing on the platfor...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a locomotive at the head of a passenger train at the depot. Caption reads: "Depot and Train, Cassville, Wis."
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Train Station and Freight House

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard of a view looking across the railroad tracks at the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul depot and freight house, with a ...
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Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
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...
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Typical Residence Street & High Bridge

Date: 1905
Description: Postcard with two views. On the left the caption reads: "A Typical Residence Street," with a view down the street with trees and houses. On the right the c...

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