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| Description: | Lumber workers laying railroad tracks through the woods. |
| Date: | 06 1862 |
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| Description: | First train crossing the Obion River, Tennessee, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad on a bridge built by the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers. Watercolor by John Ga... |
| Date: | 09 1962 |
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| Description: | The Mississippi River along Highway 35. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | View from the top of the Wisconsin Central Railroad White River bridge. |
| Date: | 11 11 1907 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks at the edge of a forest. The caption reads "mile post 270". |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | View of a railroad track leading to the opening of a mine shaft. Logs or felled trees are lying on either side of the opening. |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Cripple Creek Short Line Railroad and a train winding through the mountains. |
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| Description: | A view of Mount Persis, part of the Cascade Range in Washington. Railroad tracks are running along a low and rocky river, and along the tracks runs a dirt ... |
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| Description: | A postcard with two views functioning as a "before" and "after" of forestry. The view on the left features a man standing in the distance among large trees... |
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| Description: | Three men are standing on the last railroad car which is carrying logs down a railroad track. Another set of tracks are running parallel on the left, and b... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Shepperd's Dell Bridge on the Columbia River Highway, a historic scenic road. People stand near the railing to look out over the bridge. R... |
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| Description: | Color postcard of an elevated view of Stonefield Village with the Mississippi River in the background and railroad tracks in the foreground. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Yawkey-Bissell Lumber Co. main line logging railroad tracks “through virgin pine timber” south of Trout Lake. |
| Date: | 03 22 1913 |
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| Description: | A photographic postcard mailed from Boulder Junction, Wisconsin. A railroad track is running along the bank. On either side of the track are tall trees. Ca... |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of men standing with horses near a locomotive hauling logs through a forest. Two loggers are standing in the center. |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | View down platform of Lakewood train station, with two men standing near a doorway on the left near two sacks. Another man is further down the platform ben... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A group of people are walking away down the railroad tracks in search of blueberries. A pine and hemlock forest is on either side of the tracks. Caption re... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a railroad bridge spanning the Red Cedar River. Caption reads: "Red Cedar River Bridge, Menomonie, Wis." |
| Date: | 1946 |
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| Description: | View of a wooded hill. Two small buildings, a fence, and railroad tracks are in the foreground. Caption reads: "Grandad Bluff, near La Crosse, Wis. This bl... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el... |
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