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Little Wood Burner at Crossing

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Description: Kilbourn; little wood burner locomotive (train engine) at crossing.
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Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Elevated view of the Freedom Train, on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. The Freed...
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Hawaii Plantation Scene

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Description: View of a sugar cane plantation. Several men are on horseback while others stand nearby. On the other side of a fence are two locomotives. Harvested sugar ...
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Ridgewood Depot

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Description: View down railroad platform of crowd of people waiting at the Ridgewood Depot, built in 1916 by architects W.W. Drinker and Frank A. Howard.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 02 15 1936
Description: Slightly elevated winter scene with men shoveling out a Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul train about 3.5 miles north of Ripon. The locomotive is in the backg...
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Man Using Horse-Drawn Binder

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of a man using a horse-drawn binder in a field. The horses are wearing blankets. Railroad tracks are running along the field, and a locomotiv...
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Farmall Tractors on Railroad Train

Date: 08 31 1928
Description: View across field towards the left side of a Chicago Great Western locomotive on railroad tracks pulling cars loaded with Farmall tractors. A sign on the l...
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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...

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