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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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Railroad Station and Yards

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

Date: 1885
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 ...
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Men Walking Away from Train

Date: 1897
Description: A group of men carrying lunch boxes are walking away from a steam engine train, which is near another train and power lines.
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Chicago Milwaukee and Saint Paul Locomotive No. 71

Date: 1883
Description: CM&StP Railway locomotive no. 71 and a coal car at a roundhouse.
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Locomotive No. 40

Date: 1869
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 ...
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"Old Vanderbilt" Locomotive

Date: 1890
Description: Upham Lumber Company locomotive, "Old Vanderbilt," built by the Taunton Locomotive Works in 1847 from the New York providence and Boston Railroad where she...
Book or Pamphlet

Deering Harvester Company Catalog — Inside Back Cover

Date: 1898
Description: Text at top reads: "Forty Harvest Seasons" with "13,852 Carloads in 12 months handled in the Great Deering Harvester Works." Includes an illustration of th...

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