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| Date: | 1873 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Men standing on the exposed portion of a flooded railroad track as a swiftly moving torrent of water is rushing past. Benham was a "company town" created b... |
| Date: | 10 27 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a construction crew working on Chicago & Northwestern Railroad crossing, showing the W.R. Baker Tavern at 601 E. Wilson Street, and the Pa... |
| Date: | 08 27 1934 |
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| Description: | Two men are looking at a damaged automobile belonging to Elmer Meixner, DeForest, after a collision with a Milwaukee Road train at the East Johnson Street... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Four men inspecting the washout of Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie tracks caused by a flood at Medina Junction. The view is looking west from th... |
| Date: | 09 1980 |
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| Description: | View down tracks of a repair crew working on Milwaukee Road tracks, near Rothschild, using a crane to help lift a rail. An unidentified highway bridge over... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| 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... |
| 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: | 11 25 1947 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Lowell Frautschi, Vice President Frautschi's Furniture Store, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago,... |
| Date: | 11 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Joseph P. Woolsey, Pres-Treasurer Heilman Baking Co., speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwauk... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A caravan of International trucks en route to Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio, stops at a railroad crossing to allow a t... |
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| Description: | A large crowd of people ARE moving down a road. Many people are carrying umbrellas, and a flag is in the background. A sign hanging above the crowd reads: ... |
| 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.... |
| Date: | 02 09 1951 |
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| Description: | A group portrait near a railroad crossing of striking workers who hold signs with messages, including: "Higher Wages, Not Higher Prices". |
| Date: | 02 09 1951 |
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| Description: | Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs. |
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| Description: | View across lot of a crowd of workers on strike. Some hold signs, while one holds an American flag. |
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