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| Date: | 1888 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a railroad station and yards. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1893 |
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| Description: | Statue of Leif Ericson is to the right of center in the foreground, with the figure facing the city. On the left is a hill with paths, a train station, ra... |
| Date: | 1880 |
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| Description: | View across river toward the malt house. In the background is the south side brewery of the same company. There are two steamboats, one large, one small. ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the M... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Reed Street from the corner of South Water Street. This depot served the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul, the Wisconsin Central, and the ... |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Madison showing a train in the foreground. The 2nd State Capitol (1st in Madison) can be seen on the horizon. |
| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a ship being loaded by Elmore & Kelly's Elevator on Fort Howard River looking north. A town and a train are in the background. |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Partial removal of railroad bridge over Rock River. A train is on a section not being removed in order to transport men and materials. |
| 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: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | A Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotive with Engine #42 hauling lumber from Antigo Lumber Company. |
| Date: | 1869 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway locomotive no. 40, called the L.B. Rock, at the Chestnut Street yards. The mast of a ship is visible in the background, and ... |
| Date: | 1864 |
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| Description: | The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War. |
| Date: | 1878 |
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| Description: | Illustrated map of Crawford County. On the bottom right is an inset of a group of people near a train on a railroad track. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the ruins of the railroad roundhouse, with the city in the background. Men are posing on the train cars and engines. Plate 45 |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Right side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 632. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Railroad employees pose with locomotive engine no. 925 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The engine has a long pilot, a large oil headlight, sm... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Several men pose with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #87, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works. This image was taken near Cherry Street. |
| Date: | 1870 |
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| Description: | Section of overall panorama, showing railroad station. |
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