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Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...
Photograph

Man, Woman and Girl on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: A bearded man wearing a hat and boots is standing near a passenger train. On the left is a woman with a young girl looking on. The original caption reads: ...
Photograph

People on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait in boxcars and on the platform at a Russian railroad station. The original caption reads: "uppers and lowers on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [...
Photograph

People on Trans-Siberian Train Platform

Date: 1917
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]....
Photograph

Spelling Bee Champion Heading to National Finals

Date: 05 17 1952
Description: Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 spelling champion, Beth Knope, boards a train to attend the national finals. Saying goodbye are her parents Sidney an...
Photograph

Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a train arriving at the Brooklyn depot. A man in a suit with a briefcase stands on the platform. Standing near the tracks by t...
Print

Minocqua Train Station

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Description: Greeting card with a winter view of the Minocqua railroad station. A child is pulling another child on a sled through the snow, and two people are meeting ...
Postcard

Hustler Railroad Depot

Date: 07 16 1913
Description: Photographic postcard of men, women and children standing near a railroad train car at the Hustler Depot. Handwritten note along with postcard reads: "Reve...

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