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Portage Railroad Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the railroad yards and station. Caption reads: "R. R. Yards and Station, Portage, Wis."
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The "General" Locomotive used by Andrew's Raiders

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Description: Color postcard view of the railroad locomotive used in a famous Civil War incident, which was later retold in Buster Keaton's motion picture The General...
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Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1960
Description: Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ...
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Railroad Yards

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Description: Photographic postcard of the railroad yard. Across an empty yard where a few large pipes lay, a locomotive with smoking stack and cars is on railroad track...
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Train Making a Stop at the Breed Station

Date: 1943
Description: Photographic postcard of a train stopped at the Chicago & North West railroad station. A small group of people stand in the grass waiting beside the tracks...
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C. & N. W. Depot

Date: 1910
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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Depot and Train

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of a locomotive at the head of a passenger train at the depot. Caption reads: "Depot and Train, Cassville, Wis."
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Snow Plow That Did the Work at Dorchester, Wis.

Date: 03 18 1917
Description: Photographic postcard view of a group of people standing in front of two locomotives, the one on the right with a snowplow attached. Caption reads: "Snow P...
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C. & N.W. Station

Date: 1910
Description: Black and white photographic postcard down two sets of railroad tracks towards the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad station. A number of people are standi...
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Log Train, Drummond, Wis.

Date: 1920
Description: View across snowy ground towards a steam-belching train engine on the right pulling flatbeds of stacked logs near a forest of tall pines. Caption reads: "L...
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Eagle Depot

Date: 1910
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...
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C. M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: Hand-colored view across railroad tracks towards a train depot, with passengers gathered on the platform awaiting an arriving train. Horse-drawn wagons and...
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Narrow Gauge Train

Date: 1908
Description: Sepia-toned oval-shaped photographic view of men posing with a narrow gauge train at the Fennimore Depot. Flowers surround the photograph. Caption reads: "...
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Snow Blockade between Fennimore and Lancaster Winter of 1910

Date: 1910
Description: Sepia-toned view of a snow-bound train. Caption reads: "Snow Blockade between Fennimore and Lancaster Winter of 1910."
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C. & N.W. Railway Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Hand-colored view of the train depot with a passenger train on the tracks and passengers on the platform. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Railway Depot, Fort Atk...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1915
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Fredonia Depot. There is a train on the tracks, and a man is sitting on the front of the locomotive. A man is stand...
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C.M. and St. Paul Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Grafton Depot and an oncoming train. A man is standing on the platform. St. Paul's Lutheran Church is in the backgr...
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Omaha Depot and Park

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the Hayward Depot, with a train approaching. Several people are on the platform.
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C. & N. W. Passenger Depot

Date: 1911
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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C. & N.W. Passenger Depot

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. A train is approaching on the right. A horse and carriage are in front of the roofed platform. Capt...

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