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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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Train Derailment

Date: 02 01 1959
Description: "Train derailment. Photo taken from North Pole Road. Hwy 28 can be seen in the distance (left)."
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Train Derailment

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Description: View of a people walking on railroad tracks near a derailed train.
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Train Arrival

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Description: Elevated view down railroad tracks of a train pulling into a station.
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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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Barnegat Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior view of Barnegat Railroad Station. A locomotive is in front of the platform, and children and adults stand near the railroad tracks.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across river towards a railroad train on a railroad bridge crossing the river. There are signs and graffiti painted on the rocks below.
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Birds Eye View

Date: 1921
Description: View of Norwalk looking down from a hill. Farm fields and forests surround the town.
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Scenic View on Lower Dam

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Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at a river and reservoir. A railroad train is moving along railroad tracks on the opposite side of the river. Houses a...
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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 ...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
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Five Engines Bucking Snow on Soo Line

Date: 1917
Description: Winter scene with five engines bucking snow on the Soo Line. Between January 21 and 22, 1917, 9" of snow fell with drifts up to 11.5 feet covering western ...
Photograph

Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 02 15 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with men shoveling out a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train about 3.5 miles north of Ripon. The locomotive is in the backg...
Photograph

Farmall Tractors on Railroad Train

Date: 08 31 1928
Description: View across field towards the left side of a Chicago Great Western locomotive on railroad tracks pulling cars loaded with Farmall tractors. A sign on the l...
Photograph

Peter H. Burno Locomotive

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Description: A woman stands next to a locomotive on display behind a fence at House on the Rock. This image was included in the attraction's brochure. The sign on the t...
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Peter H. Burno Steam Engine

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Description: Peter Burno posing with the steam locomotive he built which is on display behind a fence at House on the Rock. The sign above the train reads: "Peter H. Bu...
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Railroad Train on a Curve Among Hills

Date: 1902
Description: View alongside railroad cars towards the locomotive in the distance, which is traveling along a curve in the tracks. There are a few buildings near the rai...
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Power Plant

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Description: View over chain link fence towards a train on the railroad tracks near a power plant and water tower.
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Train Entering Railroad Yard

Date: 09 04 1925
Description: Elevated view across dirt road towards a train entering a railroad yard.

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