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J.M. Turner and Company, Railroad Photographer's Car

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Description: Three men posing with the J.M. Turner and Company Railroad Photographer's Car.
Map or Atlas

La Crosse, Wis.

Date: 1873
Description: Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River.
Print

Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company Pass

Date: 1933
Description: Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933.
Print

Wisconsin Railroad Car

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Description: "The Wisconsin," a passenger car of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. This color illustration is from a dismantled scrapbook.
Photograph

100,000th International Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd towards an executive who is speaking to workers assembled by the receiving department at Farmall Works to celebrate the 100,000th ...
Photograph

Aerial View of Town

Date: 1905
Description: Aerial view of town, with several large buildings along railroad tracks in the foreground, and fields and trees in the distance. Pedestrians are walking al...
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Birds-Eye View of Cameron

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Birdseye [sic] View of Cameron Wisconsin." Railroad cars are on railroad tracks between buildings, and houses and what may be the hi...
Photograph

George A. Whiting Paper Mill

Date: 1949
Description: Aerial view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill.
Photograph

Speaker at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at station listening to a whistle-stop speaker at the railroad station, probably William McKinley.
Photograph

Speaker at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at railroad station listening to a whistle-stop speaker standing on the back of a caboose. Probably William McKinley.
Photograph

Crowd at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at station listening to a whistle-stop speaker at a railroad station, possibly Taft.
Photograph

Crowd at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at station listening to a whistle-stop speaker at the railroad station, possibly Taft.
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Railroad Car Library

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Description: Public Library housed in a stationary railroad car in Adams, WI. The train car was a gift from F. W. Sargent of the North Western Road at the request of Mr...
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Reaper in Factory Yard

Date: 09 03 1912
Description: An experimental reaper(?) in a factory yard. There is a Russian name on the Reaper, and the front is set up on saw-horses. Men are working near a brick fac...
Photograph

Eisenhower and Joe McCarthy

Date: 10 03 1952
Description: Presidential candidate Dwight Eisenhower and Wisconsin Senator Joseph R. McCarthy together on the rear car of the "Eisenhower Special." The location of thi...
Photograph

U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large sign...
Photograph

U.S. Government War Exposition

Date: 09 1918
Description: Elevated view of the U.S. Government War Exposition at Grant Park taken from a window the International Harvester building on Michigan Avenue. A large crow...
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100,000th Farmall Celebration

Date: 1930
Description: Elevated view over crowd of people towards a man standing on a platform, possibly Cyrus McCormick III. He is speaking to a large group of people gathered o...
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Three Boy Scouts and Military Guard on Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Sgt. James McCullough, Memphis, Tennessee, a marine veteran guarding the Freedom Train, points out Washington's Farewell Address to three Madison Boy Scout...
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E.J. Lazarz and Son on Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: E.J. Lazarz, 2817 Milwaukee Street, holds his 14-month-old son, Mark, in front of the original draft of the Constitution, part of the exhibit aboard the Fr...

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