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Train Wreck

Date: 05 18 1948
Description: Elevated view of wreck of a Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad freight train. The derailment is so severe that the train station has been knocked off...
Photograph

Train Passengers at Rudolph

Date: 1902
Description: View down side of railroad tracks across road towards a group of people standing on the platform of the Rudolph depot, awaiting the arrival of Milwaukee Ro...
Photograph

Rugby Junction

Date: 07 30 1938
Description: Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railway's locomotive #704 photographed at Rugby Junction, where the train made a connection with the main line ...
Photograph

First Train

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near ...
Photograph

Green Bay Depot

Date: 1901
Description: View down platform towards a locomotive pulling a Green Bay & Western Railroad train at the Green Bay depot, with a Snavely omnibus parked at the platform ...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station.
Postcard

Soo Line Depot

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Soo Line Depot, Ashland, Wis." It was built in 1890 of brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. Pedestrians stand on the platform of ...
Photograph

Chicago and North Western Railway

Date: 1915
Description: Advertisement reads: "Castle-Pierce Printing Company" and "Jan. 1915". At bottom it reads: "Oshkosh, Wisconsin". Text on right reads: "North Station C. & N...
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Des Moines Branch House

Date: 1912
Description: Bridge and rail yard near an International Harvester branch house in downtown Des Moines, Iowa. The branch house building is in the distance.
Photograph

Train Stopped at Crossroads

Date: 03 1907
Description: The engine of a train stopped at a crossroad, possibly near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory).
Photograph

Grant Park

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of Grant Park through a window of the offices of International Harvester on Michigan Avenue. Trains are passing in the background behind a la...
Photograph

Juneau Park

Date: 1910
Description: A canon is in the foreground to the left. There are a number of pedestrians in the park and on the path by the lake. In the background on the left is a tra...
Photograph

Manitowoc Seating Company

Date: 1900
Description: Engraved bird's-eye view of the wood shop, warehouse, machine shop, dry kilns, and foundry of the Manitowoc Seating Company. Several people pass in front o...
Postcard

Horicon Depot

Date: 1915
Description: View down platform towards a C. M. & St. Paul train at the depot. A few men are standing on the platform. There is a water tower just behind the depot, and...
Photograph

Norfolk and Western Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Originally known as the Cincinnati and Eastern Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railroad received its new name in October 1901. Caption reads: "N. & W. R.R...
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1905
Description: A view of Erie Depot on South Market Street, one of Galion's two large railroad depots.
Photograph

"Buryat Prince" on Platform near Imperial Train

Date: 1917
Description: A man wearing a long coat belted at the waist, and a cap, is standing on a platform. The original caption identifies the man as a "Buryat prince." In the b...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Postcard

C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A train rests at the stop while commuters wait to board from the platform. There is a horse to the right...
Photograph

Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...

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