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Railroad Station

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Description: The Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad depot and the J.N. Bassett grain elevator. A four-car passenger train is stopped at the station.
Photograph

Milwaukee Grain Elevator

Date: 1870
Description: The Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway Company grain elevator at the Milwaukee harbor, with a sailing ship anchored nearby.
Photograph

Manitowoc Railroad Yard

Date: 05 15 1897
Description: Elevated view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railway yards looking northwest. The elevator of the Northern Grain Company is in the middle distance.
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Great Northern Grain Elevator

Date: 1997
Description: The steel and reinforced concrete grain elevator built by the Great Northern Railroad at Superior about 1900. This contemporary photograph was taken to acc...
Photograph

W.W. Cargill Co. Grain Elevator

Date: 1900
Description: W.W. Cargill Company's grain elevator.
Photograph

Grain Elevator

Date: 1920
Description: View across water towards a grain elevator on the site of the old Elmore & Kelly's elevator.
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Harbor and Grain Elevator

Date: 1920
Description: View of the harbor. On the left is a grain elevator and wood pulp on the wharf. In the center background is the Northern Paper Mills and to the right are ...
Photograph

Green Bay & Western Yards

Date: 1909
Description: Green Bay & Western train yards.
Postcard

View from Lyon's Grain Elevator

Date: 1907
Description: Elevated view of multiple Sawyer buildings from the Lyon's grain elevator.
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Grain Delivery to Caton Station

Date: 08 1930
Description: A farmer delivering grain to the elevator at Caton Station.
Photograph

Grain Elevator

Date: 1992
Description: Grain Elevator at the intersection of Highway 64 and Five Points Road in DeKalb County.
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Elevator and Coal Dock

Date: 
Description: Elevator and coal dock in Washburn.
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Elevated View of Kaukauna

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Description: View over a train stopped at a grain elevator in the foreground. The Hotel Ristau is across a street on the left, and a church building is in the distance ...
Photograph

Milwaukee Fishing Boat

Date: 1938
Description: Elevated view of a boat owned by Julius Dettloff docked along the edge of a river. The boat was powered by an International PD-40 power unit; in the backgr...
Photograph

Kinnan Brothers Store

Date: 01 17 1938
Description: Exterior view of the front of the Kinnan Brothers hay and grain dealers' store. Two automobiles are parked near the storefront. An International PD-80 ope...
Photograph

Broken Steps

Date: 04 19 1925
Description: View of the door leading into a grainery, with broken floorboards and wooden steps.
Photograph

Hauling a Steam Tractor Away for Scrap

Date: 1929
Description: A steam tractor is hauled along a dirt road by a McCormick-Deering 10-20(?) tractor. A building with text reading "Miller Elevator Co." stands in the backg...
Postcard

Collins Volunteer Fire Department

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the Collins fire department volunteers, a fire wagon, the fire house and a nearby grain elevator. Caption reads: "C.V.F.D., Collin...
Postcard

Depot and Elevator

Date: 1910
Description: View down the railroad tracks, with the depot and grain elevator on the right. A bridge is crossing a stream on the left. Caption reads: "Depot & Elevator,...
Postcard

Depot and Elevator

Date: 
Description: View towards a railroad crossing, with the depot on the left side of the tracks, and a grain elevator on the right. A sign along the road reads: "Look Out ...

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