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| Date: | 08 1988 |
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| Description: | "The engineer waves as the steam locomotive bears down the track." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | The Adams Patent Wheel Co. on Front Street along the C.B. & Q. Railroad. There are seven men, and a young boy, all posing near four different open doorways... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crew with the rock crusher. The train car is labeled '204430' and 'Burlington Route'. A steep hill rises behind... |
| Date: | 10 09 1928 |
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| Description: | A man is sitting in the cab of a "McCormick Works International Harvester No.1" crawler-based crane with an earth moving attachment. The crane is loading a... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks, showing the switching station, water tank, and buildings. Two men stand on the railroad tracks. Ester Point is near Cassville, W... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Front cover of a booklet advertising the Advance-Rumely line of agricultural equipment. Features a color illustration of men loading tractors and a threshi... |
| Date: | 09 22 1997 |
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| Description: | "In Lomira, a Kondex Corp. employee was killed when three derailed railcars plowed into the concrete block building in the background at 5:30 AM. Eleven of... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company. A group of male and female employees are posing outdoors on the loading dock along the railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Employees of Hess Cooperage quarter log sections for barrel-making. The man standing in the middle of the image is Joe Hess. |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | View down tracks towards man standing in front of the Union Depot. There is a "Seeds Feed" sign on a building in the background. In the foreground is a lam... |
| Date: | 05 01 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of 16 men, some in suits, some in work clothes, posing with railroad cars from the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down tracks towards a depot with an oncoming train arriving from the opposite direction. On the left side of the tracks opposite the depot is a shelte... |
| Date: | 10 29 1944 |
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| Description: | Robert Doyle stands with one foot resting on a railroad track on the border between Germany and Belgium. A sign on the right reads "Entering Germany." Behi... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A passenger train stopped at the depot. Three men are standing on the left, one of them pushing a cart. A row of milk cans is along the side of the depot b... |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | A group of women and children and one man pose standing on the railroad tracks behind a saddle back train. On the low hill behind them is a log building, a... |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | View down center of Main Street with cobblestones. There is a railroad crossing in the foreground. Service garages are on the left and right corners. Parke... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | A view of the depot and yards. A windmill and water tower in the distance. Carts with sacks of flour and milk cans next to the depot. Signs for Western Uni... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of quarrymen posing with their implements. There are carts on tracks that lead to the cliffs of the quarry behind the group. |
| Date: | 08 29 1930 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of construction workers, two women and a dog at the railroad tracks near the depot. They are posed near a crane. A group of people stand on ... |
| Date: | 12 06 1910 |
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| Description: | View from snowy ditch looking down side of stock train. The engineer is looking out of the locomotive window, and another man stands on the tracks near the... |
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