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Green Bay Depot

Date: 1901
Description: View down platform towards a locomotive pulling a Green Bay & Western Railroad train at the Green Bay depot, with a Snavely omnibus parked at the platform ...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View of a train arriving at the station. The train station is full of people and there is a horse-drawn carriage next to the building.
Postcard

Wausau Railroad Station

Date: 1905
Description: Elevated view of the railroad station looking west. A bridge over the river is in the foreground, and a large water tower is across the railroad tracks on ...
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Reed Street and Union Depot

Date: 1886
Description: Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the M...
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Union Depot

Date: 1885
Description: Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the ...
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Manitowoc Seating Company

Date: 1900
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o...
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Maine Central Railroad Station

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Description: Carriages waiting at the Maine Central Railroad Station, chartered in 1856 and becoming operational in 1862. The Maine Central route was also known as "The...
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El Paso and South-Western Railway Depot

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Description: Originally known as Arizona & Southeastern Railroad, the El Paso and South-Western Railway was built in 1888. The Jarilla Junction was renamed 'Orogrande,...
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Hunter Bros. Milling Co.

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Description: View across railroad tracks toward the Hunter Bros. Milling Co. mill. There is a railroad train on the tracks next to the mill. A man is standing in front ...
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Crawford, McGregor & Caney Manufacturing Co.

Date: 1910
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...
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Railroad Station

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Description: Elevated view of a railroad station at Beaver Lake. Men gather in front of the station on the left where horses and carriages are parked. Signs on the stat...
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Oshkosh Packing & Provision Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Oshkosh Packing & Provision Company, a meat packer and preserver, with an illustration of the company buildings on the waterfront, with w...
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Phillip Best Brewing Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Phillip Best Brewing Company of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with three separate proscenium views of the Empire Brewery, the South Side Brewery,...
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Ridgewood Depot

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Description: View down railroad platform of crowd of people waiting at the Ridgewood Depot, built in 1916 by architects W.W. Drinker and Frank A. Howard.
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Exterior view of a railroad depot. Men and women gathered on and near the tracks to board trains. Published by Quillin Bros. Druggists.
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...
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Farmers Waiting to Ship Harvest

Date: 09 1902
Description: Elevated view of farmers with horse-drawn wagons waiting to ship their harvest goods, probably potatoes, at an unidentified town. There are railroad tracks...
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
Postcard

Union Depot

Date: 08 09 1917
Description: Text on front reads: "Union Depot, Schleisingerville, Wis." A railroad station with a train on the tracks. A man with a cart is standing near the baggage c...

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