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Band Playing at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Twelve piece brass band playing at a railroad station during the "Union Pacific Preparedness Special Campaign."
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Fanchon & Marco Show Welcome

Date: 05 06 1932
Description: Fanchon & Marco showgirls being welcomed to Madison at railroad station.
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Walt Kelly & Pogo on Book Tour

Date: 09 26 1952
Description: Walt Kelly arriving in Madison at the Chicago & North Western depot, is met by a person dressed as Pogo, one of his cartoon characters.
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1895
Description: Side view of the statue on a plinth with Celtic designs, with his right hand holding a horn resting on his hip. The statue is located in Juneau Park. On th...
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Statue of Leif Ericson

Date: 1915
Description: Located in Juneau Park, the statue is on the right, on the edge of a steep hill. The hillside is lined with paths, and ends next to several railroad track...
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Juneau Park

Date: 1910
Description: A canon is in the foreground to the left. There are a number of pedestrians in the park and on the path by the lake. In the background on the left is a tra...
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Singer Rise Stevens Arriving in Madison

Date: 10 15 1949
Description: Rise Stevens arrives in Madison for a concert at the Wisconsin Union Theater. Greeting her at the train station are George Holcomb, Kankakee, Illinois, stu...
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Brass Band at Railroad Depot

Date: 02 26 1915
Description: A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi...
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UW Band Trumpeters at Train Station

Date: 12 23 1952
Description: Seven U.W. Band members play " California Here We Come" on imported English fanfare trumpets decorated with a red satin Wisconsin banner. They are standing...
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Boscobel Depot

Date: 1930
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Boscobel train depot. A wagon is parked on the platform. There is an advertisement for the circus painted on a wall at t...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1400

Date: 08 22 1936
Description: Right side view of locomotive engine no. 1400, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1911
Description: View across railroad tracks of the Merrimac train depot. Against the building a man poses on top of a ladder. He is repainting the exterior. There is a hou...
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German Band Welcomes Executives

Date: 05 10 1958
Description: John Hartmeyer, left, and John Marhoefer, right, executives at the Marhoefer Packing Co., enjoying the music of a five piece German band during a brief sto...
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Victorious Badgers Return with IRA Trophy

Date: 06 19 1959
Description: Professor Ray Dvorak, U.W. Band Director, and fourteen band members put on a resounding reception for the U.W. Rowing team when they arrived at the Milwauk...
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Wisconsin Central Railroad

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Description: Wisconsin Central railroad locomotive no. 120 at the railroad station. Engineer Clelland McVick is standing in the gangway, and a woman who is presumably h...
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Joel McCrea and Robert Benchley

Date: 1940
Description: Joel McCrea and Robert Benchley greet each other at Waterloo Station in a scene still for the film "Foreign Correspondent." There are many men wearing bowl...
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Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of glee, banjo and mandolin club members posing in front of a University of Wisconsin banner on the Chicago and...
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Engine No. 1224

Date: 1914
Description: Railroad workers posing in front of locomotive Engine No. 1224 at Stowell Station. From left to right are Fireman John F. Fohey, yardmaster John Rice, Waym...
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Engine No. 1549

Date: 06 23 1912
Description: A railroad crew posing with Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 1549 before going to the Guiding Star Picnic at Kansasville, Wisconsin. On ...
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West Washington Train Station

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Description: Steve Miller and Lisa Davis traverse the tracks at the West Washington Avenue train station.

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