Photograph
Locomotive Engine No. 12
| Employees of the West Wisconsin Railway stand in a line in front of Engine No. 12. From left to right are E.S. Graves (auditor's office clerk), A.H. Baldwin (Vice President), A.C. Peck (master mechanic), Harry Baldwin (clerk), David Humbird (cashier and paymaster), J.H. Hull (superindentent), William James (auditor), George H. Daniels (roadmaster), John James (auditor's office clerk), George S. Marsh (superintendent's office), W.H.S. Wright (chief bookkeeper), A.L. Clarke (miller), C.A. Cosgrove (Chief train dispatcher), and D.A. Baldwin (president). |
| Image ID: | 87403 |
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| Creation Date: | 1872 |
| Creator Name: | Golling |
| City: | North Hudson |
| County: | St. Croix |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Subject albums, 1753?-1990? (bulk circa 1850s-circa 1950s) |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Album 38.10 |
| Original Dimensions: | 9 x 6.5 inches |
| This image was previously identified as the employees of the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway. However based on information provided by the Minnesota Transportation Museum (see below) the caption was changed. 2/13/2015 There was no Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Ry. until 1880, and the West Wisconsin did not become an official part of it until 1881. In 1872 the name would still have been West Wisconsin Railway. Since the photo includes president D. A. Baldwin and vice-president A. H. Baldwin, the photo could well be from Feb. 14th, 1872, when the company had an excursion to celebrate the opening of the West Wisconsin from St. Paul, MN, to Chicago. The general offices of the West Wisconsin were removed from Eau Claire to Hudson,Wis., on Jan. 24th, 1872, and some offices remained there for a number of years. Omaha shops also were located in Hudson until fairly recently. Between 1872 and ca.1881 there seem to have been Omaha offices in both Hudson and St. Paul, but the company built a new general office building in St. Paul in 1880. MHS has photos, especially from the time of the celebration of the completion of the NP to the Pacific in 1883. The West Wisconsin ran into financial difficulties due to the panic of 1873. D. A. Baldwin killed himself in 1877. The Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway was formed in 1880 and purchased the West Wisconsin in May 1881. |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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