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State Highway 140

Date: 05 1980
Description: A short black and white pole marks where a road converges with a state highway that stretches to the horizon. In the mid-distance before a hill is a railro...
Poster

Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyère Travel Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi...
Photograph

Hawaii Plantation Scene

Date: 
Description: View of a sugar cane plantation. Several men are on horseback while others stand nearby. On the other side of a fence are two locomotives. Harvested sugar ...
Postcard

The Horseshoe Curve Near Ableman, Wis.

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Description: Colorized postcard of the horseshoe curve of railroad tracks. Elevated view of the railroad tracks with train snaking past a farmhouse and a bridge suspend...
Photograph

Bird's-Eye View

Date: 1925
Description: Elevated view from bluff of Chaseburg. The train depot is at the bottom of the frame.
Photograph

Train Derailment

Date: 02 01 1959
Description: "Train derailment. Photo taken from North Pole Road. Hwy 28 can be seen in the distance (left)."
Photograph

Laying 90 # Rail — Near Cassville, Wis.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad near a farm field.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Bridge

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a railroad bridge, which has framed beams on the sides and top. A boy and girl are standing and posing on the bridge. Signs ar...
Map or Atlas

Twenty Five Miles of Industrial Tour Wholly Within the City Limits of Superior Wisconsin

Date: 1934
Description: This map shows industrial points of interest in Superior. The top of the map reads: "Superior, Douglas County, Wisconsin, as this Industrial Tour map indic...
Photograph

Aerial View of Arlington

Date: 1956
Description: Aerial view of residential homes, farmland and streets.
Photograph

Wrecked Train Utility Vehicle

Date: 
Description: View over railroad tracks towards a train utility vehicle lying upside down against a broken fence. In the background is a cow in a field, and farm buildin...
Photograph

Men Using TD-14 with Combine

Date: 1941
Description: View down hill towards a group of men with a TD-14 and 51 combine owned by Eaton Sisters. They are harvesting mustard. Below them in the valley are farm bu...

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