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La Crosse Railroad Bridge

Date: 1880
Description: Construction of a railroad bridge on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railroad line. A set of railroad tracks is in the foreground, running along the s...
Drawing

Milwaukee River

Date: 1874
Description: Milwaukee River near the Milwaukee settlement. People are depicted doing work in boats along the shore. Original is a pen and ink drawing, presumably made ...
Photograph

Railroad Crew with Handcar on Trestle Over the Buffalo River

Date: 1890
Description: A railroad section crew poses with a handcar on the trestle spanning the Buffalo River, north of Alma, Wisconsin.
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Unloading Coal #933

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Description: Stereograph of two workers placing barrels of coal onto wheelbarrows to unload off a ship. Text at right: "Milwaukee and Vicinity, Photographed by H.H. Ben...
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Dam in Wausau

Date: 1913
Description: View down riverbank towards dam of a river around Wausau. Two men and a limber (two-wheeled cart) are near the rivers edge. A man, perhaps a construction w...

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