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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Railroad Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, car number URTX 5393. The Oscar Mayer rail yard is in the ...
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of the top of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5365 with a view of the Oscar Mayer rail yards. There is...
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The Texas Co. Office and Bulk Plant

Date: 08 06 1929
Description: The Texas Company USA (Texaco) office building and storage tanks bulk plant at 919 E. Main Street. The view is from the east, with Texaco railroad tank car...
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Hess Barrel Company

Date: 06 14 1927
Description: Loading barrels into a Chicago and Northwestern Railroad car behind the Hess Barrel Company (cooperage) at about 1950 Atwood Avenue. Stacks of oak barrel h...
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Menomonee Valley Railroad Yard

Date: 11 17 1912
Description: Elevated view of the Menomonee Valley railroad yard looking northeast to 6th Street viaduct. The George Schulz box factory was on N. 5th Street and W. Clyb...
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Railroad Depot from Juneau Park Bluff

Date: 08 06 1917
Description: Overlooking the Chicago and North Western railroad depot from Juneau Park bluff. Caption on glass plate reads: "Extention [sic] of Juneau Park, show...
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River Barge Terminal at McCormick Works

Date: 02 28 1935
Description: Railroad cars and tracks at the North Pier River Barge Terminal at or near the McCormick Works (factory).
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Locomotive #42

Date: 1886
Description: A Wisconsin Central Railroad locomotive with Engine #42 hauling lumber from Antigo Lumber Company.
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Railroad Yard at Allis-Chalmers

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of Allis-Chalmers plant showing several trains on the tracks next to a large industrial building. The steam engine tender in front of the loc...
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Two Men Posed with Locomotive

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Description: Two men posed by the locomotive of a freight train on railroad tracks, probably by the coal shed at Millston. The two-wheeled express wagon on the platform...
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Railroad Yard at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: View of a loading platform by the railroad track at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400-block of East Mifflin...
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Gisholt Machine Company Railroad Yard

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the loading platform at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company located at the 1400 block of East ...
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 07 1907
Description: View down railroad tracks in a railroad yard at McCormick Works. There is a train along tracks on the left, and men are standing in the yard in the distanc...
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 10 16 1907
Description: Elevated view of a railroad yard. One set of tracks curves to the left into a brick factory building. On the right are railroad cars.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 10 15 1907
Description: Railroad yard, with railroad cars on the left, and a fence and brick factory building on the right.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 09 13 1911
Description: Railroad yard.
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Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View towards multiple sets of railroad tracks running between buildings. Three men are standing next to a large brick building on the left, and another man...
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Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks towards commercial buildings along a street. There is a wooden sided railroad car on the tracks in the foreground. A sign on th...
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Railroad Yard near Factory

Date: 09 18 1916
Description: View down multiple railroad tracks, with factory buildings in the distance. Two men are standing near a split in the railroad tracks. The man on the left i...
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Railroad Tracks

Date: 05 05 1917
Description: View down set of railroad tracks that cross a street through an open gate and head into a railroad yard. There is a man standing near a brick building on t...

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