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| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Photomontage of a giant fish resting on a single flatbed railroad car, next to a lake. Black text above the image field reads, "A Carload of Fish." |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Looking north at the Menomonee Valley. Road incorrectly identified on the postcard as twenty-second street viaduct. Pedestrians and carriages are crossing ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| 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... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis." |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of the Storck Brewery in Schleisingerville (now Slinger). The brewery buildings are along a hillside, and railroad tracks are in th... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the saw mill. Lumber is stacked in front of several buildings and railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Saw Mill, Bayfield, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a train depot surrounded by a central business district. Horses and wagons are in the street in the foreground. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. ... |
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| Description: | Colorized postcard view of a street in a central business district. A streetcar is in the distance and horse-drawn buggies are in the foreground. Caption r... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of a group of workers, horses, and a dog posing at railroad siding at C.W. Begg's Mill. Caption reads: "C.W. Begg's Mill at Siding, C... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View from left side of double set of railroad tracks towards a locomotive approaching the railroad station from the opposite direction. People are in front... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | View down unpaved street in Chili towards commercial buildings, with horses and wagons parked on the street. Railroad tracks are in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1916 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a train on the tracks, several people on the platform, a boy standing with a bicycle, and a horse and carriage parked behind ... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a canning factory, with workers lined up out front, and a man standing in a wagon pulled by a team of horses. Railroad tracks are... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | View of the Chicago and Northwestern Passenger Station. Horses and coaches are at the curb. A train is pulling up to the station, and men are standing on t... |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of a downtown street, with railroad or streetcar tracks running down the center, and horse-drawn vehicles. Caption reads: "Milwaukee... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View towards the Lake Mills Railroad Depot. A passenger train is on the tracks on the left. A light rail trolley is on the sharply curving tracks on the ri... |
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| Description: | A streetcar pulled by two mules on a stretch of track. The driver and two children are on board. Text on reverse reads: "Madison Transportation. In 1885 Mr... |
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| Description: | View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o... |
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| Description: | The depot at Menomonee Falls. Passengers are on the platform, and a train is on one set of the railroad tracks. Two men are near a handcar on the parallel ... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train depot at Nashotah. A woman is standing on the wooden sidewalk at left, near a small shelter. ... |
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