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Milwaukee, Lake Shore & Western Railroad

Date: 1884
Description: View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large...
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Steam Train Speeds Over Trestle

Date: 1910
Description: The railroad trestle over the Red Cedar River with a steam train passing over.
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Railroad Bridge over Tomahawk River

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Soo Line railroad bridge crossing the Tomahawk River at Bradley, Wisconsin. The bridge, built in 1886, was 126 ft. long and...
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Railroad Bridge near Eau Claire

Date: 09 01 1882
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 ...
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White River Bridges

Date: 1910
Description: View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the ri...
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Kilbourn Bridge

Date: 1878
Description: Kilbourn Bridge at the Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin. A locomotive is pulling railroad cars over the bridge.
Postcard

Pontoon Bridge

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Pontoon Bridge. Caption reads: "Largest Pontoon Bridge in the U.S. Scene at the Tri Cities, North and South McGergor and Prairie du Chien....
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Camping at Devil's Lake

Date: 1919
Description: Elevated view of the Herman Taylor family camping at Devil's Lake. There is a moving train in the background on railroad tracks along the shoreline of the ...
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Juneau Park

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Description: Train station in the distance, with a man standing in the foreground on steps leading down to the lake, near a fenced-in pond. On the left are railroad tra...
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American Tin Plate Company

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Description: In 1897, Shenango Mill was constructed and became the largest mill of its kind in the world, owned by the American Tin Plate Company, which was founded on ...
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Train Depot — Looking North

Date: 1912
Description: Elevated view of the De Soto depot. A locomotive, blowing steam, is approaching the platform, where a small group of people waits to board. A boxcar on the...
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Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Mazomanie. The church's steeple stands out in the landscape of houses and barns.
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Lake Marion from School Section Bluff

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Description: Elevated view of Lake Marion, and the railroad tracks that run along it on the left. A train belching smoke is coming up the tracks. A road runs along the ...
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Scenic View on Lower Dam

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Description: Elevated view from hill looking down at a river and reservoir. A railroad train is moving along railroad tracks on the opposite side of the river. Houses a...
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Quarry Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a group of men posing standing near and on a rock face with two sets of small railroad tracks behind them. Identified as probably the quar...
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
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Train Crossing a Bridge

Date: 1903
Description: View towards a train coming over a bridge. Identified as a railroad bridge in Black River Falls after 1903.
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Newly Constructed Trestle Bridge outside Cape Town

Date: 1910
Description: View of the newly constructed trestle bridge outside of Cape Town, South Africa.
Postcard

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1910
Description: Aerial view along river toward Darlington. Caption reads: "Bird's-Eye View, Darlington, Wis."

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