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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. |
| Date: | 09 01 1882 |
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| Description: | View looking up towards the special train of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad comprised of 24 freight cars loaded with lumber and other ... |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #212, also known as the Waukesha Scoot, at Milwaukee's Union Depot. |
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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: | 08 20 1952 |
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| Description: | Boys wave from the passenger cars of Uncle Bob's train, while a crowd watches the amusement park ride at the Wisconsin State Fair. |
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| Description: | Men standing on top of, and around, a train carrying tobacco. A sign on the side of each car reads, "This car contains tobacco used in making Old Virginia ... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | A group of men carrying lunch boxes are walking away from a steam engine train, which is near another train and power lines. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a... |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | Train full of Polish refugees. Photograph taken by Louis Koplin during the time he worked for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee; near the Ge... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Men unload rail cars for the "World of Mirth Shows," an American traveling carnival with rides and a sideshow. International ID-6 diesel wheel tractors ass... |
| Date: | 1934 |
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| Description: | An original lithograph promoting both New York City as "the wonder city of the world," and train travel. Featuring the artist Adolph Treidler, the poster d... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Man inside an International Model M truck operated by Edward A. Stern Confectioner. The side of the truck has an advertisement for Cracker Jack. The truck ... |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks toward the Hunter Bros. Milling Co. mill. There is a railroad train on the tracks next to the mill. A man is standing in front ... |
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| Description: | Men pose around the remains of runaway train Engine No. 80 after it crashed and the boiler exploded on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. |
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| Description: | View of locomotive engine no. 518 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Two men are posing on the train. |
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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: | 06 1961 |
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| Description: | A man uses a forklift to move boxes of Cub Cadet lawn tractors stacked on wooden pallets onto a train car. The Cub Cadets were manufactured at Internationa... |
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| Description: | View down cobblestone street toward a girl standing on the steps of the front entrance of a railroad station. Railroad cars on the left of the station are ... |
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