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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
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St. Cloud Combine Promotion

Date: 1955
Description: Original caption reads: "The St. Cloud district sales organization looks over the 29-car trainload of McCormick harvester-threshers bound for 47 dealers wh...
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Hiawatha Engine

Date: 1939
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #10, the "Hiawatha," built by the company shop in Milwaukee. There are houses in the far background along a ri...
Postcard

Soo Line Depot

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Soo Line Depot, Ashland, Wis." It was built in 1890 of brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. Pedestrians stand on the platform of ...
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Green Bay & Western Yards

Date: 1909
Description: Green Bay & Western train yards.
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Railroad Station and Yards

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a railroad station and yards.
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Special Railroad Train

Date: 1904
Description: Special train from Spooner, Wisconsin, to Union Meeting at St. Paul, Minnesota. Group portrait of men posing on and around the locomotive. A young girl is ...
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Tractor Transport

Date: 1937
Description: Men load I-12 tractors onto a train at International Harvester's Neuss Works in Germany.
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Tall-tale Postcard: Background with Men on Ramp

Date: 1911
Description: Photographic mock-up for an Alfred Stanley Johnson photomontage postcard. Two men walk up a ramp leading into a railroad car. Both men are pushing large i...
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Panoramic View of the Chicago Great Western Train Traveling

Date: 1937
Description: A panoramic view of the Chicago Great Western train traveling across the countryside carrying assorted International Harvester wagons. The majority of the ...
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Chicago Great Western Car Containing Weber Wagons

Date: 1937
Description: A boxcar in a Chicago Great Western train carrying International Harvester Weber wagons. A sign on the car indicates that the wagons are bound for Walter W...
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Train on White River Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: Wisconsin Central train passing over the White River bridge. The first railroad car is imprinted with "U.S. Mail."
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Smelting Furnaces

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Description: Elevated view of industrial buildings identified as smelting furnaces. A railroad train and railroad track runs the length of the foreground of the image a...
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Secretary of Interior Visit

Date: 05 28 1948
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...
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UW Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of 16 members of the University of Wisconsin Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in front of two railroad cars. They left for San Francisc...
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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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Men Leading Cow Off Railroad Car

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Description: A group of men are gathered around a horse-drawn cart that is pulled up next to a railroad car. The cart has "Wisconsin Humane Society" written on its sid...
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Men Walking Away from Train

Date: 1897
Description: A group of men carrying lunch boxes are walking away from a steam engine train, which is near another train and power lines.
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Railroad Yards

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of railroad yards with trains sitting on many of the tracks, with other tracks sitting empty. Steam is rising from trains in the background, ...
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Jones Island Dwellings

Date: 10 28 1938
Description: Elevated view of a cluster of old dwellings in the center, with broken shacks and rusted cars. In the background are railroad cars, and an industrial area ...

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