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Kilbourn City Railroad Depot

Date: 1875
Description: View towards a train at the Kilbourn City (now known as Wisconsin Dells) railroad depot, with a crowd of people on the platform.
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Railroad Freight Wagons

Date: 1913
Description: View down platform between two railroad trains of men unloading freight onto wagons from a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway freight car at th...
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Hiawatha Locomotive

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Description: The "Chippewa," one of the Milwaukee Road's high speed Hiawatha locomotives at the Union Station. The station clock tower can be seen in the background.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railway Station

Date: 1940
Description: The Romanesque Chicago & Northwestern Railway station.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1939
Description: View from street of the Milwaukee Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway station.
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Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Station

Date: 1956
Description: View across intersection of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station at Blair and Wilson Streets. Three tall chimneys from the MG&E plant can be seen ...
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C.B.&Q. Railroad Depot in Cochrane

Date: 1910
Description: Railroad depot with two sets of railroad tracks in the foreground.
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Union Depot, Reed Street Station

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Description: Slightly elevated view over railroad tracks of the Union Depot, erected in 1866 on Reed Street. Horse-drawn wagons and cabs are parked nearby, and pedestr...
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South Station Terminal

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of the South Station terminal with elevated track in the foreground, Boston, Massachusetts. Streetcars and pedestrians can be seen on the str...
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Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 1944
Description: Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate aboard the campaign train, making a stop in Baraboo.
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway Depot

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Description: The first depot built in Milwaukee, it served the Milwaukee & Waukesha Railroad which became the Milwaukee & Mississippi Railroad and eventually the Chicag...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway Station

Date: 1900
Description: View of depot from the street. Taken about a block from the building, the image has a trolley, pedestrians, carriages, and signs for the Davison Theatre a...
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Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Depot

Date: 1950
Description: Nighttime image of the Depot and yard. Back of station, tracks, and a couple of trains are visible, as well as some of the buildings of Milwaukee in the ba...
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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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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: A view from the east end of the East Madison Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street. Automobiles are parked along the curb ...
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Cameramen at Train Station

Date: 1915
Description: Group of cameramen waiting at train station, with American flags and banners set up in the background.
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Northern Pacific Railroad Depot

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Description: View of the Northern Pacific Railroad Depot, with three men standing in the empty train yard. In the distance is a water tower and other buildings.
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Great Northern Depot

Date: 1907
Description: View of the Great Northern railroad depot. A group of men are in front of the depot. The clock on the building reads 4:55 and a sign on the depot reads: "L...
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Union Railroad Station

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Description: Slightly elevated view of people walking through the main lobby of the Union Railroad Station, built in 1914. A fruit and candy shop with a soda fountain i...
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Interior of a Train Station

Date: 04 2010
Description: A woman is on her cellphone in the foreground, while two women run up the escalator in the background.

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