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| Date: | 10 1972 |
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| Description: | The Verona, Wisconsin, headquarters for the George McGovern/Sargent Shriver presidential campaign gets a new sign. |
| Date: | 01 09 1946 |
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| Description: | Winnebago Street from the Yahara River Bridge, scene of accident, near railroad crossing. There is a Victorian house at left, 1628 Winnebago Street, with a... |
| Date: | 08 11 1934 |
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| Description: | Doyon Lumber Co., following a warehouse fire, located at 638 West Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 09 10 1939 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards the Central Avenue depot and the railroad crossing. |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered for the milk strike at Stanley. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the railroad crossing where rubber paving was used for the first time in the United States. Caption at top reads: "First Rubber Crossing in U.S. S.... |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
| Date: | 07 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the... |
| Date: | 09 05 1947 |
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| Description: | The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f... |
| Date: | 04 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from across an intersection of the John Doris house, 603-605 West Main Street at South Bedford Street. The home was once a hotel, now home to... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks. An automobile on West Washington Avenue crosses the trac... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. There are pedestrians and parked automobiles near the station. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Illinois Central Railroad station, 603 West Washington Avenue. The passenger depot is in the foreground, and the freight depot is across West Washington Av... |
| Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Car wreckage and a Milwaukee Road switch engine are shown at the University Avenue railroad crossing. The four persons in the car were hurt. They were Mr.... |
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| Description: | View of Pexto building with railroad tracks in foreground. Pexto, the Peck, Stow and Wilcox company, manufactured hardware. |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the business section of town with the Manhattan Hotel and railroad station. |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n... |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks. On the left, there is a two-story, octagonal hut. On the right, there is a railroad station with a Western Union sign. Industria... |
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