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Turner House

Date: 1875
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of men and women gathered around the Turner House, which was erected by John Turner to house railroad men and construction...
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Superdome Railroad Coach

Date: 1952
Description: Passengers seated on the upper level of a Milwaukee Railroad superdome coach.
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Kilbourn Railroad Station

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Description: Kilbourn railroad station looking north. A crowd of people are standing on the platform. Carriages are parked behind the station building.
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Observation Platform of Train at Kilbourn Station

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Description: Group of people posing on the observation platform of a train at the Kilbourn station. There is a water tower on the left.
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Kilbourn Railroad Depot

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Description: Kilbourn railroad depot, train, passengers and crew.
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Crowd at Train Station

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: View from behind fence of large crowd of people getting off railroad cars. Men, women and children are standing on or near a dirt road near a railroad cros...
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Coed Model at Train Station

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchester's Department Store coed model, wearing a fur jacket, hat and purse, posing on the steps of a passenger train, with two pieces of luggage on the ...
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Model at Train Station

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchesters Department Store model, wearing fur jacket hat and purse, posing with the conductor who is holding her luggage on the steps of a passenger trai...
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: People looking at the train cars and undamaged front end of the Wisconsin Telephone Company truck involved in the Milwaukee Road passenger train-truck acci...
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Governor Walter Goodland and Mrs. Goodland

Date: 07 31 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland and Mrs. Goodland board the train for the Republican Governors conference in St. Louis. The meeting was called by Thomas E. Dewey,...
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Corporal William Lovelace and Family

Date: 03 13 1945
Description: Corporal William (Bill) Lovelace, 319 North Blair Street, returning home after spending one year hiding from the Japanese and two years in a Japanese priso...
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Queen of America's Dairyland

Date: 10 20 1946
Description: Betty Gene Gardner, Ridgeway, who was chosen Queen of America's Dairyland at the 1946 Wisconsin State Fair, is shown boarding a train for the Dairy Industr...
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Travelers Standing Near Railroad Cars

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Description: A group of men and women at a train station near two railroad cars. Several stand on the platform. Five men in uniform stand and sit on the railings betwee...
Drawing

The First Passenger Train in Michigan

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Description: Locomotive with coal car and one passenger car passing through rural landscape. People wave from a log cabin and a horse-drawn vehicle in the background an...
Poster

First Steam Passenger Train

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Description: Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
Poster

Far West National Parks, USA and Canada Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting the national parks of the western United States and Canada, as well as promoting train travel. The poster depicts a creek...
Poster

Pacific Railway Pullman's Palace Dining Car Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Pacific Railway's route from New York to California, encouraging people to "Go and See the Great American Pa...
Poster

Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway Poster

Date: 09 1882
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, also "Known as The Royal Route." The poster features the...
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Chicago & North Western Depot

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Description: A train is parked in Chicago & North Western depot while people and horse-drawn vehicles gather nearby. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Depot, Nevada, Iowa."
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Locomotive Pulling Group of People on Railroad Cars

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Description: View toward a large group of people posing on railroad cars and the locomotive on tracks. Caption reads: "Dummy Leaving Pertle Springs, MO." A man holding...

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