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Photograph

Railroad Tunnel

Date: 1924
Description: View from railroad tracks through covered railroad tunnel in hill. A sign on a telephone pole on the right reads: "Private Property / Thoroughfare / Keep O...
Photograph

Opening to No. 2 Mine

Date: 12 11 1918
Description: Two men, at least one of them a miner, standing in front of the no. 7 opening to the no. 2 mine. Benham was a "company town" created by International Harve...
Photograph

Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
Painting

Tunnel in the Bluffs of the Mississippi River near La Crosse

Date: 1858
Description: Hölzlhuber traveled on American railways frequently and marveled that they wouldn't have been accepted as usable in Europe. This sketch of the tunnel on th...
Photograph

Building the Central Railway Tunnel

Date: 12 23 1895
Description: Horse-drawn implement makes a cut at a crossing where the tunnel will be made for the Wisconsin Central Railway.
Poster

Circus Concert Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing a concert by Hemisphere recording artists Circus, playing at the Church Key in Madison, Wisconsin. Illustration of trains going through ...
Photograph

Absorbing the Scenery

Date: 1911
Description: Frank Drew stands on the railroad tracks that run between Tunnel City and Lake Flora Dell. The tracks run into a tunnel in the background. A decorative bor...
Photograph

Man Walking on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1911
Description: Frank Drew walks a set of railroad tracks near the entrance into a tunnel. The other end of the tunnel can be seen in the distance. A hand-drawn border fea...
Photograph

Train Emerging from Tunnel

Date: 1911
Description: Front view of train emerging from a tunnel. A hand-drawn border features two male figures running away from the train and reads, "The monster pursues."
Photograph

Men on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1911
Description: View from inside railroad tunnel of four men walking near the entrance on railroad tracks. A hand-drawn border features a pennant with the letter "A" on it...
Photograph

Railroad Tunnel Entrance

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Description: View of the entrance to a railroad tunnel which travels under a mountain. There are two small structures, one on the left of the railroad track and one on ...
Drawing

Louisville and Portland Railroad

Date: 02 15 1830
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a railroad tunnel and railroad tracks.
Drawing

"This Isn't a Tunnel!"

Date: 1941
Description: Drawing of a railroad employee standing on a handcar on the tracks painting the surface of a "tunnel" with a brush. Another man is looking at him with a ha...
Photograph

Looking Through the Tunnel

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards two men working near the entrance to a tunnel. The man on the left is using a pick, the other man is using a shovel. Wate...
Postcard

Tunnel No. 2

Date: 07 26 1909
Description: Text on front reads: "Tunnel No. 2, Norwalk, Wis." A locomotive is coming through a short tunnel, the sky can be seen on the other side. The entrance to th...

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