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Photograph

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...
Photograph

Train Wreck

Date: 09 09 1881
Description: Wreck of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railroad line on the Teegarten farm near Menomonie. Dead cows are in the foreground.
Photograph

Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin Central Railroad passenger depot at Stuntz Avenue. A group of people stand on the platform and near the locomotive between t...
Photograph

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 ...
Photograph

First Passenger Train at Merrill

Date: 05 18 1885
Description: Elevated view of the first passenger train to arrive at Merrill, a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway train. The passengers are waiting on a platform an...
Photograph

Waukesha Scoot

Date: 1894
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.
Photograph

Mineral Point Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad locomotive #280 at the Mineral Point depot. A group of people stand on the platform. The depot was built in 1857, ...
Photograph

Rail Yard at Depot

Date: 1895
Description: Railroad depot surrounded by stacked lumber for wood-burning locomotives. A few homes can be seen in the background.
Photograph

Kilbourn Bridge

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

Railroad Depot

Date: 1890
Description: Railroad depot with train approaching the station. Caption reads: "Depot Scene, Stanley, Wis."
Photograph

Railroad Station and Yards

Date: 1888
Description: Elevated view of a railroad station and yards.
Photograph

Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th...
Drawing

Locomotive Menomonee

Date: 1886
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 1, the Menomonee at a station with four people standing nearby.
Print

Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
Book or Pamphlet

Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents Lunch Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Lunch menu from the souvenir booklet of the Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents, with an embossed illustration of a spider in her ...
Book or Pamphlet

Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents Lunch Menu

Date: 09 1887
Description: Lunch menu from the souvenir booklet of the Complimentary Excursion to General Passenger & Ticket Agents, with an embossed knife, fork, and spoon crossed o...
Magazine or Periodical

An Awkward Fix

Date: 07 1892
Description: Engraved illustration depicting Frank Lenz sitting on the edge of a railroad bridge holding his safety bicycle in front of him and his box camera on his ba...
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."
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Train with Locomotive

Date: 1870
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Chicago & Northwestern Railway train at a depot in an unidentified town. The railroad station is behind the train. On the right...
Photograph

Engine No. 511

Date: 1897
Description: Engineer Daniel Sage and fireman Omro B. Mills standing next to Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 511. The locomotive was formerly No. 62...

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