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| Description: | View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa... |
| Date: | 1857 |
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| Description: | At the opening of the railway between Grandhaven and Grand Rapids, Michigan on July 26, 1857, the locomotive Grand Rapids was manned by the railroad... |
| Date: | 05 28 1948 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 02 13 1949 |
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| Description: | French representatives arrived in Madison aboard the French Gratitude Train (Merci Train) and were welcomed at the Northwestern Depot by the governor and h... |
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| Description: | Two boys sitting on the railroad tracks under a train. The boy on the left is looking back over his shoulder and is wearing a straw hat with a small Americ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts... |
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| Description: | View of the Santa Fe demonstration train number 3009. Spectators are around the train. A sign on the train reads: "A.T. & S.F." and "Santa Fe Type Mallet A... |
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| Description: | A crowd is shown gathered near the Santa Fe demonstration train #3009. A sign on the front of the locomotive reads: "3009" and an American flag is on the f... |
| Date: | 1960 |
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| Description: | Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ... |
| Date: | 06 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing near the Imperial train carrying members of the Root Commission at a railroad station. Original caption reads: "General Horwaeth, chief of Rus... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men standing at a train station in Harbin, Russia (now China). Original caption identifies the men as follows: "Dr. Mott, Mr. Moran, Mr. [?] (YMCA Gen'l Se... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Men and women wait on and near box cars at a train platform in Russia. The original caption reads: "cheapest traveling on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [Railway].... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Senator Elihu Root addressing Russian soldiers at Perm. Root is standing near the Imperial train that carried members of the Root Commission. |
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| Description: | Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing. |
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| Description: | A group of men are standing next to the Badger Milk Train, which was part of the Sauk County Milk for Peace program. As the sign behind them notes, this pr... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of people and automobiles gathered around a train station at a stop of the "Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign." |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of men, with a few women and children, gathered around a passenger train on a stop of the Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Large group of men, including railway workers, standing beside a locomotive. Original caption reads: "U.P. Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign. Farm pre... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor o... |
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