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Trains at Corliss Depot

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Description: Train depot workers pose in front of a train at the depot. There is a sign that reads "This Train For Milwaukee".
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Train at Corliss Depot

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Description: A train, engine number 560, on the track at the train depot in Corliss.
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Train of Tomorrow

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Youngsters from the Lakewood and Waunakee grade schools shown with the "Train of Tomorrow" at the North Western depot. The train was built for General Moto...
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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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Caravan at Railroad Crossing

Date: 1917
Description: A caravan of International trucks en route to Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio, stops at a railroad crossing to allow a t...
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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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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Accident

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks and train crossing Monona Bay, the site of an accident in which Harry R. Frankey, 112 South Henry Street, was killed i...
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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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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.
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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.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Depot

Date: 1950
Description: Nighttime image of the Depot and yard. Back of station, tracks, and a couple of trains are visible, as well as some of the buildings of Milwaukee in the ba...
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th...
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Flooded Park Street

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Flooded South Park Street underpass, with car stalled in three feet of water. A train is on the railroad bridge above. A young boy and girl wearing bathing...
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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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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.
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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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Man Driving Miniature Railroad Train

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Description: A man is sitting in the front seat of a railroad car in a small railroad train made for children, which is riding along a track in a wooded area with a bui...
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Special Train

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Description: The Milwaukee Merchants & Manufacturers Special Train. A steam engine with several cars stretching to the horizon is sitting on the tracks in front of a pl...
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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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Men Escorting Woman on Railroad Platform

Date: 1897
Description: Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t...

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