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Wisconsin Central Railroad

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Description: Wisconsin Central railroad locomotive no. 120 at the railroad station. Engineer Clelland McVick is standing in the gangway, and a woman who is presumably h...
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The Milwaukee Road Centennial Float

Date: 05 29 1948
Description: Milwaukee Road float for the Wisconsin Centennial Parade, "Wisconsin's First Railroad," with women on the float and eleven workers standing in front of the...
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Samuel Barber Home

Date: 1873
Description: A man and two women are standing along a fence in the foreground, and another woman is standing on the porch. In the background is Samuel Barber's frame ho...
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Milwaukee Electric Railway Ticket Collector

Date: 1917
Description: A ticket collector for the Milwaukee Electric Railway is sitting at her station.
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Railroad Office

Date: 1887
Description: General office of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Company in the Mitchell Building in Milwaukee. Left to right: the individual seated in left ...
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Schlitz Train Celebrating End of Prohibition

Date: 04 07 1933
Description: Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:...
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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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Steam Locomotive

Date: 06 07 1935
Description: Railroad Week publicity photograph steam locomotive, with a girl in the cab and a railroad worker standing on the engine steps.
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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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Construction Gang — New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: Group portrait of construction workers, two women and a dog at the railroad tracks near the depot. They are posed near a crane. A group of people stand on ...
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Railroad Employees at Waukesha

Date: 1915
Description: Employees of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway in the company's Waukesha office. Left to right they are Carl Mix, Ruth McGeen, Clarence Mica (seat...
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Benefit Association of Railway Employees

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: Five members of the Madison Division No. 32 of the Benefit Association of Railway Employees, who were awarded gold buttons for having been in the associati...
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Rommelfanger 61st Wedding Anniversary

Date: 08 17 1949
Description: Peter and Mary Rommelfanger observe their 61st wedding anniversary. Mr. Rommelfanger is a retired employee of the Chicago and North Western Railroad.
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Train Wreck

Date: 09 23 1911
Description: Railroad workers and a crowd of other men, women, and children standing and walking near the wreckage of a freight train. The engine and tender are lying o...
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Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club Committee

Date: 11 07 1944
Description: Group portrait of the Milwaukee Road Employees Service Club Committee standing in front of bandstand with musicians. Patriotic decorations provided by the ...
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards depot with railroad train pulling into the station. Passengers are waiting on the platform, and other people are standing...
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La Follette Campaign Train

Date: 1900
Description: Robert M. La Follette, Sr. with a group on his special campaign train. From left to right they are Alfred T. Rogers, La Follette's law partner; Mr. and Mrs...

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