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Little Wood Burner at Crossing

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Description: Kilbourn; little wood burner locomotive (train engine) at crossing.
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Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 10 1939
Description: Railroad crossing, also showing the main street and the train depot.
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Short Train at Rice Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad engine pulling a pay car. Identified employees include: (left to right) brakeman E.W. Sweet and fireman C...
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Medina Junction Washout

Date: 1915
Description: Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th...
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Menasha Rail Crossing

Date: 06 16 1963
Description: View down street towards the Menasha railroad crossing and a Roman Catholic Church.
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: The East Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street, from South Hancock Street, with Lake Monona in the background. ...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks. An automobile on West Washington Avenue crosses the trac...
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Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. There are pedestrians and parked automobiles near the station.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1929
Description: View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n...
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Scene at Bangor

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Description: View of railroad tracks near a railroad station on the left and a residential road on the right. There is a row of utility lines leading into the far dista...
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Railroad Tracks and Depot

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Description: View down railroad tracks. On the left, there is a two-story, octagonal hut. On the right, there is a railroad station with a Western Union sign. Industria...
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IH Birmingham Branch House

Date: 1925
Description: External view of International Harvester Company's Birmingham branch building, located at the intersection of 10th Avenue and 24th Street. A railroad car ...
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Depot

Date: 1912
Description: Train at Coon Valley depot. Several men stand on the platform. The depot has a water tank. There are advertisements for Pearl White Soap, the inter-state f...
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M.H. Bekkedal Warehouse

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Description: M.H. Bekkedale and E. Rosenwald and Brothers Leaf Tobacco warehouse. There is a boxcar on tracks near the warehouse, and a bluff in the far background.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a busy scene at the train depot. A train is arriving at the crowded platform. On the side of the depot a man sits on a cart, n...
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Depot

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Cuba City train depot and post office.
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Madison Branch House

Date: 10 25 1919
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch office building in Madison. Signs painted on the brick read "Oil Tractors," "Farm Machines, Oil Tractors...
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Depot and Train

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Description: Locomotive at the De Soto depot on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad line. The Mississippi River is on the left.
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Orangeburg Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior view of Orangeburg Railroad Station with horse-drawn omnibuses waiting near the tracks.
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Eagle Depot and Yards

Date: 1924
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the Eagle train depot. A number of pedestrians are around the depot. On the left near the road, two men stand in front of...

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