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| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot. |
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| Description: | Grain elevator with large Schlitz sign. There are railroad cars on a railroad track in the foreground. |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad depot and the J.N. Bassett grain elevator. A four-car passenger train is stopped at the station. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| 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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| Description: | Elevated view over a freight train of the Nutrena Feeds factory. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of city, including miners' homes set in the hills, and in the foreground railroad tracks and numerous cars parked along the street in front o... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War. |
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| Description: | Several men and a child stand near a train equipped with a snow plow. A passenger car sits nearby, and three men, possibly railroad employees, stand on the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the St. Louis and San Francisco railroad shops. View of train yard where many trains and cars are parked. Caption at top left reads: "Nort... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | View of a train approaching the depot. Two men stand alongside the train. Heavy smoke from the train causes a fog cloud. |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a busy scene at the train depot. A train is arriving at the crowded platform. On the side of the depot a man sits on a cart, n... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Promotional card advertising the hemlock barn industry in northern Wisconsin. The card features an elevated view of a tannery. Caption: THE HEMLOCK BARK ... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View down side of railroad tracks towards the depot, with a locomotive and passenger cars arriving. People are standing on the platform. In the background ... |
| Date: | 02 27 2012 |
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| Description: | The Historic Train Depot at 640 West Washington Avenue, formerly the site of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station. There is a train parke... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a street next to the train depot. A train is on the left, and a mill and grain company is in the background. Caption reads: "Railroad St. ... |
| Date: | 01 20 1928 |
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| Description: | View from side of bridge, looking across towards a railroad train passing beneath the bridge along the opposite side of the bank. Behind the train is a lar... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "G.N. Elevator, Superior, Wis." The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator was built by the Great Northern Railroad in Superior ... |
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