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Man along Railroad Tracks

Date: 1940
Description: A man (maybe a railroad worker or a tramp) standing along a railroad track next to a small cooking fire. Railroad cars are in the background.
Photograph

Bridge Over Mississippi River

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the bridge spanning the Mississippi River in La Crosse.
Photograph

Waukesha Motor Works

Date: 1940
Description: Aerial view of the Waukesha Motor Works.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. View from atop a building of a large building located in the center, next to a smokestack. In the foreground is part of a round...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railroad Shops

Date: 1940
Description: West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background.
Photograph

West Milwaukee Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr...
Photograph

International Harvester U.S. Map

Date: 1940
Description: Map illustrating the industrial uses of International crawler tractors (TracTracTors) across the United States. Includes the text: "International Serving I...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Metropolitan Area and Proposed Connecting Parkways and Boulevards in Milwaukee County

Date: 1940
Description: Map of Milwaukee County showing the metropolitan area, in yellow, and the proposed connecting of parkways and boulevards in green. The map also identifies ...
Map or Atlas

Hayward Lake Region

Date: 1940
Description: This map shows cities and villages, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams in northern Sawyer, northeastern Washburn, southeastern Douglas, and southern B...
Map or Atlas

Taylor County, Wisconsin

Date: 1940
Description: This map of Taylor County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range grid, towns, sections, cities and villages, railroads, roads, creameries and cheese fact...
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: The Civic Center; Old Spring Street

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 2 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, the Milwaukee River, and railroad tracks.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: Where Juneau Built Milwaukee The Ward Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 3 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, the Milwaukee River, and railroad tracks.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: The "Gold Coast" District Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 5 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, the Milwaukee River, Lake Michigan, and railroad tracks.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: A City Expands Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 7 in a series of 12. The map shows streets and a railroad line.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: Kilbourn’s Dream, Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 8 in a series of 12. The map shows streets and a railroad line.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: Milwaukee’s "Back Door"

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 9 in a series of 12. The map shows streets and railroad lines.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: Layton Park Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 10 in a series of 12. The map shows streets and railroad lines.
Map or Atlas

Maps of Milwaukee: Bay View Milwaukee

Date: 1940
Description: This map is pen and ink on paper and is map 12 in a series of 12. The map shows streets, railroad lines, the Kinnickinnic River, and Lake Michigan.
Map or Atlas

Map of Lac Court Oreilles Indian Reservation

Date: 1940
Description: This blue line print map traced from aerial survey mosaic shows reservation boundary, roads, trails, and railroads. Color manuscript annotations show triba...

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