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Train Depot

Date: 1990
Description: Text on reverse reads: "C.M.ST.P. & P. Depot, Stoughton, Wisconsin. A Craftsman style structure built in 1913, it was abandoned by the railway in the 1970'...
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State Office Building, Wilson Street, Construction

Date: 02 03 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction.
Photograph

State Office Building, Wilson Street, Construction

Date: 03 02 1931
Description: View across railroad tracks towards the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction.
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Madison Gas & Electric Company Power Plant

Date: 08 05 1953
Description: Madison Gas & Electric Company Steam Turbine Station and Substation, 115 South Blount Street, view from South Livingston Street.
Photograph

Chicago Northwestern Railroad Train

Date: 1910
Description: Car number 557 of the Chicago Northwestern railroad at 7th Street. Eight train workers are standing on or around the train.
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Steam Locomotive

Date: 
Description: View alongside railroad tracks looking towards an approaching steam locomotive. In the background on the right is a power plant with smokestacks.
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Power Plant

Date: 06 20 1961
Description: Exterior view of Madison Gas & Electric Company Blount Street electric power plant. View is across the railroad tracks and includes the power plant, smokes...
Photograph

State Office Building Construction

Date: 11 02 1930
Description: View of the State Office Building, 1 W. Wilson Street, under construction, from Lake Monona. The photographer's shadow and railroad tracks are in the foreg...
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Train Depot

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Description: Train depot with a boy standing between the building and the railroad tracks. There are two doors marked "Men" and "Women". Four men can be seen on the rig...
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Electric Light Plant

Date: 1909
Description: The site of the Electric Light Plant located near railroad tracks. There is a bell tower with a weather vane on the left.
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Elroy Roundhouse and Railroad Yard

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Description: View of the Chicago North Western Railroad Roundhouse in Elroy. There are several train cars sitting on multiple sets of railroad tracks on the left. There...
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Streetcar

Date: 1920
Description: A man is standing on the rear of a small streetcar in Japan. There is a utility pole and several two-story buildings on the left.
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Railroads — TD-9

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Railroads — TD-9." Where Taken: "MidW." Information with photograph reads: "C.B.& Q. RR TD-9 with Hough bulldozer shovel repairing pavement of ya...
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Northwestern Depot at Necedah

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Description: View from side of railroad tracks of a train at the depot. A few men stand on the platform, and a man is pulling a luggage cart.
Photograph

UD-9A — Mines

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "UD-9A — Mines." Where Taken: "SE." Information with photograph reads: "Owned by Pikesville Coal. Co., Pikesville, Tenn. It powers a Street Bros. ...
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Bird's Eye View

Date: 1926
Description: View from hill looking down at homes and businesses in town. A bridge goes over the Kickapoo River. The depot and railroad tracks and Main Street are behin...
Photograph

Railroads — I-4

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Railroads — I-4." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "I-4 owned by Boston & Maine Railroad, Boston, Mass. Used with Anderson p...
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Railroads — T-9 Tractor

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Railroads — T-9 Tractor." Where Taken: "Pac." Information with photograph reads: "T-9 Tractor owned by AT&SF RR, 6th and Main, Los Angeles, Calif...
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Porters Mills Post Office Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Post Office in Porters Mills, Wisconsin, with a man putting mail into post office boxes, a padlocked mail bag that serves as a signboard ...
Postcard

Collage Postcard

Date: 11 16 1908
Description: Photographic COLLAGE postcard of scenes of Colfax. In the center oval is the text, "Colfax, Wis. Looks Good To Me," however the "Looks Good To Me" is cross...

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