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Bird's-Eye View of Mazomanie, Dane County, Wis.

Date: 1875
Description: Bird's-eye map of Mazomanie.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
Photograph

Train at Stevens Point Depot

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Description: View down platform towards locomotive and train at the railroad station. There are people standing on the platform near the depot building.
Photograph

First Train

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near ...
Photograph

Train Load of Tractors from Milwaukee Works

Date: 03 09 1927
Description: A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory).
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge Removal

Date: 1885
Description: Partial removal of railroad bridge over Rock River. A train is on a section not being removed in order to transport men and materials.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive #42

Date: 1886
Description: A Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotive with Engine #42 hauling lumber from Antigo Lumber Company.
Photograph

Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Locomotive No. 40

Date: 1869
Description: Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway locomotive no. 40, called the L.B. Rock, at the Chestnut Street yards. The mast of a ship is visible in the background, and ...
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 07 27 1938
Description: View across road of a row of men and women standing beside a rail car powered with an International PA-100 power unit. To the right of the car is another t...
Photograph

Unloading TracTracTors

Date: 02 22 1937
Description: A man operates an International TD-35 TracTracTor (crawler tractor) on snow-covered ground as additional TracTracTors are unloaded from a train car marked ...
Postcard

Horicon Depot

Date: 1915
Description: View down platform towards a C. M. & St. Paul train at the depot. A few men are standing on the platform. There is a water tower just behind the depot, and...
Photograph

Quad-Cities Tank Arsenal Fenceline

Date: 04 29 1942
Description: View down railroad tracks towards approaching trains. Men are walking across the tracks in the foreground at International Harvester's Quad-Cities Tank Ars...
Photograph

Elevated Town View

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Description: Elevated view of city, including miners' homes set in the hills, and in the foreground railroad tracks and numerous cars parked along the street in front o...
Photograph

Train Unloading Passengers

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people at the Monticello branch of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Station, added in 1889.
Photograph

Erie Railroad Station

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Description: The Callicoon Depot was constructed after the completion of the Erie Railroad Station in 1848. Caption reads: "Erie Depot, Callicoon, N.Y."
Photograph

International Great Northern Railroad

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Description: The passenger depot of the International Great Northern Railroad formed on September 30, 1873, by the consolidation of the International Railroad Company a...
Photograph

Union Railroad Station

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Description: Elevated view over multiple sets of tracks toward the Union Station. The station was built in 1914 and took up 850,000 square feet of land. Tens of thousan...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...

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