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Manuscript

Scrapbook Page - Bridge and Canoes

Date: 1900
Description: A scrapbook page containing two images; one of a train passing over a trestle bridge and the other of people in two canoes.
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1889
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger depot with several people standing in front of the building. This is the Franklin Street station on East Wilson Str...
Photograph

Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger Station

Date: 1889
Description: Original Chicago & North Western Railroad passenger station, 219 South Blair Street at East Wilson Street, with a few men gathered out front. Torn down in...
Manuscript

Our Railroad Prospects

Date: 1857
Description: Draft newspaper editorial, "Our Railroad Prospects," written by former governor Leonard J. Farwell.
Manuscript

Unpaid Bill

Date: 11 18 1857
Description: Unpaid bill in the amount of $5,000, owed by Jairus Fairchild, President of Watertown and Madison Railroad, to Bank of the Republic.
Map or Atlas

Plat Map of Columbia County

Date: 1873
Description: Columbia County Atlas Arlington Township 10 North Range 9 East.
Map or Atlas

Sawyer County Map

Date: 1909
Description: Map of Sawyer County with an advertisement for land sales through Fuley & Quail of Hayward, Wisconsin. There is a small inset map of railroads accessible i...
Map or Atlas

Fire Insurance Map of McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 12 1898
Description: Fire insurance map showing the grounds and buildings of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory operated by the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company.
Map or Atlas

Sanborn Map of McCormick Reaper Works

Date: 1885
Description: Fire insurance map of the McCormick Reaper Works, a factory of the McCormick Harvesting Machine Company.
Document

Sanitary Refrigerator Company Letterhead

Date: 
Description: Letterhead of the Sanitary Refrigerator Company of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, manufacturers of wood and steel refrigerators, with an elevated three-quarter vi...
Print

Military Railway Service Christmas Dinner Menu

Date: 12 25 1942
Description: Front cover and menu from the Christmas program at the headquarters of the Military Railway Service at Fort Snelling, with a three-quarter view of the buil...
Print

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Villa Ferrovieri Menu

Date: 03 26 1944
Description: Front cover and menu listing from the Villa Ferrovieri in Italy with the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific (CMSP&P) logo printed in red ink on the cover...
Print

Dinner Menu for Special Train Carrying President-Elect Warren G. Harding

Date: 11 06 1920
Description: Interior of dinner menu for Special Train enroute from St. Louis, Missouri, to Brownsville, Texas, with an oval portrait of President-Elect Warren G. Hardi...
Print

Chicago & North Western Railway "Minneapolis" Menu

Date: 1889
Description: Menu from the Dining Car "Minneapolis" on the Chicago & North Western Railway, with an illustration of a child in shorts, a loose top, and a bonnet standin...
Postcard

Northern Pacific Breakfast Menu Postcard

Date: 
Description: Postcard menu from the Northern Pacific railroad line, with a plate filled with a steaming stack of pancakes topped with sausage links, a domed cover, a di...
Print

Chicago North Western "Lost Your Appetite?" Sample Menu

Date: 1934
Description: Leaflet with sample menu and an illustration of a tall cold drink, behind which other dishes hold steaming hot food. The interior of the leaflet has an ill...
Print

Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul and Pacific Railway Lounge and Buffet Service Menu

Date: 
Description: Buffet luncheon and drinks menu for the CMSP&P railway, with a waiter ready to serve a table of three men sitting at a table in the lounge car with drinks ...
Document

La Crosse & Milwaukee Rail Road Company Stock Certificate

Date: 1857
Description: Engraved document certifying that D. Henry Rockwell of Oconomowoc is entitled to one share of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company worth one hundr...
Print

Railroad Commission Dinner Dance Menu

Date: 02 17 1913
Description: Cyanotype menu for a Railroad Commission Dinner Dance, with a train steaming down the tracks, the seal of the state of Wisconsin, and two presentations of ...
Document

Oren Johnson Promissory Note

Date: 01 29 1853
Description: Document of agreement between Oren Johnson of Dodge County and the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company. Johnson agreed to pay $600 plus 8% annual int...

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