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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
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Railroad Bridge over Tomahawk River

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Description: View from shoreline towards the Soo Line railroad bridge crossing the Tomahawk River at Bradley, Wisconsin. The bridge, built in 1886, was 126 ft. long and...
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University of Wisconsin Crew Rowing

Date: 02 23 1953
Description: University of Wisconsin crew rowing down the Yahara River. View looking south toward railroad bridge in the 100 block of North Thornton Avenue.
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Merrimac Ferry

Date: 1925
Description: Car ferry on the Wisconsin River at Merrimac. A ferry has operated at this site since the 1840's. In 1924 the privately owned ferry was replaced by this wo...
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Roundy Coughlin and Two Men in Motorboat

Date: 10 10 1946
Description: Joseph L. "Roundy" Coughlin, sports writer for the "Wisconsin State Journal," and two other men in a Larson Falls Flyer motorboat on a lake.
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Train on White River Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: Wisconsin Central train passing over the White River bridge. The first railroad car is imprinted with "U.S. Mail."
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White River Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: View from the top of the Wisconsin Central Railroad White River bridge.
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Flooded Park Street

Date: 07 20 1948
Description: Flooded South Park Street underpass, with car stalled in three feet of water. A train is on the railroad bridge above. A young boy and girl wearing bathing...
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Group of People Along a Rocky Shoreline

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Description: A group of people gather along the shore of a river with a horse-drawn vehicle. In the distance is a railroad bridge.
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Aerial View of Sun Prairie

Date: 01 22 1949
Description: Aerial view of the town and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad bridge.
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World's Columbian Exposition

Date: 1893
Description: A cyanotype view of the World's Columbian Exposition grounds from near the North Loop elevated railway station, showing the glass dome of the Horticulture ...
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Girl at Minirama Dells Landing

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Description: Young girl in a bathing suit standing on a platform in the water looking over the Minirama scale model of Dells Landing. Also in the photograph are a minia...
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Oil Storage Tanks

Date: 04 19 1961
Description: View across a railroad bridge of a group of seven oil storage tanks in a wooded area.
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Railroad and Highway Bridges

Date: 10 13 1963
Description: View from river bank of a railroad and a highway bridge crossing the Suamico River.
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Industrial Buildings

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View across water of a railroad bridge along the side of a strip of industrial buildings. Railroad cars are stopped in front of the buildings.
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Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge

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Description: View of the Burlington Northern Santa Fe Railroad Bridge spanning the Columbia River, connecting Vancouver, Washington, with Portland, Oregon. Caption read...
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Yukon Railway Bridge

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Description: A view of a train crossing the Yukon Railway Bridge at White Pass, with pedestrians on one the side of the tracks. Caption reads: "White Pass And Yukon R.Y...
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Monument to David Thompson

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Description: A monument to David Thompson, a British explorer and geographer. The base of the monument reads, "1770 David Thompson 1857 Geographer and Astronomer Passed...
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S.P. Bridge

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Description: A floating span of Southern Pacific Railroad Bridge over the Atchatalaya River under construction. A steamboat is pulling the bridge section on a raft and ...
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The Stone Arch Bridge Over a River

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Description: Elevated view of an Oriental Limited train crossing The Stone Arch Bridge over a river. The bridge was built by The Great Northern Railway in 1883. There i...

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