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Train and Automobile at Intersection

Date: 1939
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.
Photograph

International Bread Truck

Date: 1932
Description: International delivery truck for the Weber Baking Company featuring an illustration of a railroad train and the words "Weber's Pullman Bread." A man is sit...
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Auditorium

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Description: View across intersection toward a brick auditorium building. A man sits on the steps of the main entrance while others walk on the sidewalk. Three men in c...
Photograph

Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...
Photograph

Depot and Train

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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...
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Stitzer Depot and Train

Date: 1921
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 ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 47-54

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Description: The fast movement was a nervous reach for something west.
But along the way there was no hurry. Wait for noontime, turned round to a movement eastward,<...
Photograph

Fleet of Tractors

Date: 04 14 1928
Description: A group of men are posing in the driver's seats of McCormick-Deering tractors with enclosed cabs. The tractors are parked in a line at an angle against a c...
Photograph

Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: At the crossing at Monroe and Regent Streets, the flagman activates warning lights before the stopped Illinois-Central train proceeds across the crossing. ...
Photograph

Railroad Crossing Safety Precautions at Monroe and Regent Streets

Date: 07 1955
Description: Illinois Central flagman R.D. DeRoche walking along the railroad tracks at the Monroe and Regent Streets crossing ahead of the engine after he activated wa...

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