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| Description: | Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Robbers, guns drawn, escort the engineer from the locomotive in a scene from The Great Train Robbery. |
| Date: | 1867 |
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| Description: | Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | The cover of a scrapbook made for Flora Dell Lake. Features a photograph of a small locomotive on a railroad track near a water tower. There are hand-drawn... |
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| Description: | View of locomotive engine no. 518 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Two men are posing on the train. |
| Date: | 12 23 1952 |
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| Description: | Seven U.W. Band members play " California Here We Come" on imported English fanfare trumpets decorated with a red satin Wisconsin banner. They are standing... |
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| Description: | Right side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
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| Description: | Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company. |
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| Description: | Left side view of Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 901, class J2, built by Borrks Locomotive Works in 1887. Engineer Jake Rhyner ... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Right side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 632. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Railroad employees pose with locomotive engine no. 925 of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway. The engine has a long pilot, a large oil headlight, sm... |
| Date: | 07 15 1915 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | Several men pose with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine #87, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works. This image was taken near Cherry Street. |
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| Description: | Side view of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 294, which is decorated with antlers above the headlight, a miniature cannon mounted above th... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Engine no. 1009 of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway with engineer Charles S. Pollard seated in the cab. On the ground from the left are switchman... |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 404, class B4. Standing next to the locomotive is engineer Louis Peterso... |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 489. Five railroad employees stand in front of the locomotive. |
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