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Photograph

Middleton Railroad Crossing

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of several men, some of whom may be railroad workers, posing in front of a Minnesota and St. Paul wood-burning engine at a train crossing. Th...
Photograph

Middleton Railroad

Date: 1873
Description: Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be...
Photograph

Short Train at Rice Lake

Date: 1890
Description: A Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad engine pulling a pay car. Identified employees include: (left to right) brakeman E.W. Sweet and fireman C...
Photograph

Main Street

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" a...
Photograph

West Washington Avenue Underpass Hearing

Date: 11 25 1947
Description: Elevated view of part of the audience of 1,000 people who attended a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwau...
Postcard

Street Scene

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Description: Photographic postcard down road toward a building on the right. Signs indicate that the Post Office and Fire Marshall can be found within. Two automobiles ...
Photograph

Train Depot

Date: 1924
Description: The Cameron train depot near the Cameron Hotel and the Forsyth Construction Company. Two men stand by the platform.
Photograph

Dennison House

Date: 1921
Description: View across railroad crossing of the Dennison House hotel. A man is sitting on the porch. The building features a widow's walk. There is a bluff in the far...
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: View down the unpaved Military Road. Two boys stand in the street on the left near the State Bank of Dane building. Near the railroad crossing, there is a ...
Photograph

Street Scene

Date: 1929
Description: View down road, with railroad tracks in the foreground. On the left is an automobile repair shop with two cars parked near the gas pumps. A man is standing...
Photograph

Depot

Date: 1926
Description: View down center of railroad tracks towards the Prentice Depot and railroad crossing. A man is walking on the platform of the depot. On the left in the bac...
Photograph

Shennington Depot

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks and across road towards the depot. A sign posted at the crossing says: Look Out for the Cars." A man with a small child is standi...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 134

Date: 
Description: We always know what day it is
Because it never fails. Sometime between the awful and the coffee
that stepson drives along the road
and all the dog...
Postcard

Storefront Near Railroad Tracks

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Description: Text on front of postcard reads: "The Milw. Elec. Ry. Depot". View towards a railroad crossing and an ice cream, drug and candy store on the corner with sh...
Photograph

"Red Baby" Towing Truck

Date: 02 18 1929
Description: "Red Baby" towing truck into a repair shop. Snow is on the ground. There is a railroad crossing sign in the background.
Photograph

Journey's End

Date: 02 15 1955
Description: A passenger waiting for a train in front of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station on a clear and cold evening. The person is holding a lamp, and a ...

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