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Railroad Official with Train Workers

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Description: Well-dressed railroad official with uniformed train workers. Conductors carry lanterns, ticket punches and tickets.
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International Harvester Sales Conference

Date: 01 1937
Description: International Harvester dealers from Dubuque, Iowa arriving at the Illinois Central Station for a sales conference.
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Milwaukee Road Station Christmas Tree

Date: 12 21 1945
Description: Large Christmas tree in the waiting room of the Milwaukee Road Railroad Station, 644 West Washington Avenue, with passengers and the sign: "Give War Bonds,...
Photograph

Newsstand in C. M. St. P. Depot

Date: 05 22 1936
Description: Newsstand in west side Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railway Depot, 644 West Washington Avenue.
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Owen Railroad Depot

Date: 1919
Description: The office of the Minneapolis, St. Paul, and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad. Left to right: Bert Spaulding, an Owen business man; mail clerk Frank Dick; L.H. Lu...
Postcard

Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Depot

Date: 1912
Description: Interior view of the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad depot. A man is seated on one of the benches. Caption reads: "Interior of C. N. W. Depot, Madison, Wis...
Photograph

Ambassador Lord and Lady Halifax

Date: 12 01 1944
Description: Ambassador Lord (Edward Frederick Lindley Wood) and Lady Halifax, British ambassador to the United States, at the train station. Left to right: Lady Halifa...
Photograph

Asian Dignitaries

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Description: Asian dignitaries, including a man and two women, are standing amidst a crowd, perhaps at a railroad station.
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Crowd at Train Station

Date: 1946
Description: Elevated view of group of men and women gathered in a train station to greet passengers disembarking a train in a staged photograph for International Harve...
Photograph

Madison Marine Sendoff

Date: 09 06 1950
Description: Madison Marine Reserve staff Sgt. Frank J. Kasinski embraces his wife before boarding the train taking the reserve unit for active duty in Korea.
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Newsstand in Union Railroad Station

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Description: A man working behind the counter of a very elaborate and ornate newsstand in a Union Railroad Passenger Station. Caption reads: "New Stand, Union Passenger...
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Lunch Counter at the Union Railroad Passenger Station

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Description: Women stand behind and near the lunch counter at Union Railroad Passenger Station. Tables and chairs are set up against the wall beside the counter.
Photograph

Interior of a Train Station

Date: 04 2010
Description: A woman is on her cellphone in the foreground, while two women run up the escalator in the background.
Photograph

Boy Scouts Leaving for Jamboree

Date: 07 09 1957
Description: Three men at the railroad station examine a schedule as they leave for the Boy Scout Jamboree in Valley Forge, Pennsylvania. Wallace Wikoff of the Wisco...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 532-542

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Description: Every macho-mind knows exactly what
and where it is — up front, smoking
hot, born to circumstance, savage
watchman of the several thousand Rights
Photograph

Railroad Official

Date: 1910
Description: Unidentified railroad station officials, seated at their office desks.
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Railroad Men in their Office

Date: 1898
Description: Men in a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad station.
Photograph

Railroad Station Office

Date: 1902
Description: Interior, with four men, of a small office, very likely a railroad station office.
Photograph

Railroad Station Office

Date: 1902
Description: Interior, with two men, of a small office, very likely a railroad company office. Maps are on the wall, and rolled up on a shelf near the ceiling.
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Austrian Reservists

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Description: Austrian reservists waiting at the Silesian train station.

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