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Brees' Express Receipt

Date: 11 08 1860
Description: Receipt for a package delivered to Brees' Express via Morris & Essex Railroad. There is an engraving of a train traveling through a rural landscape near th...
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Brass Band at Railroad Depot

Date: 02 26 1915
Description: A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi...
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Engine No. 1009

Date: 1900
Description: Engine no. 1009 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway with engineer Charles S. Pollard seated in the cab. On the ground from the left are switchman...
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Engine No. 404

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Description: View down railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 404, class B4. Standing next to the locomotive is engineer Louis Peterso...
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Steam Engine No.424

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 424, class C2, built by the company's shop in 1910. It was renumbered 5525 in July, 1910, 7619 in Septemb...
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Engine No. 450

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 450, class G7, which was built by the company's shop in 1904. It was renumbered 250 in January of 1906, 2...
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Engine No. 489

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 489. Five railroad employees stand in front of the locomotive.
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Engine No. 812

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ...
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Switch Engine No. 1079

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1079, class J2. The engineer was Philip Currie and the fireman was Edward C. McNeill. The third man in th...
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Engine No. 1155

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1155, class I4, built by the company's shop in 1901. Posing in front of the engine from left to right, ar...
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Locomotive Engine No. 694

Date: 08 18 1940
Description: Locomotive #694 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 8240

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Description: Locomotive engine #8240 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 934

Date: 01 01 1940
Description: Engine #934 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Children Gathered in Front of the Hospital Train

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Description: Group of children standing in front of a hospital train in Lodz listening to a gramophone set up to play music while the train was in the station.
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Pfister & Vogel Leather Co.

Date: 1892
Description: Engraving of an elevated view of the Pfister and Vogel Leather Company Menomonee Tannery in Milwaukee. A railroad runs along the side of the factory. Pleas...

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