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Little Wood Burner at Crossing

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Description: Kilbourn; little wood burner locomotive (train engine) at crossing.
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Early Morning at Railroad Crossing

Date: 10 03 1960
Description: Early morning at a railroad crossing on County Highway A, with houses and a barn in the distance.
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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...
Photograph

Willimantic Cotton Mill

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Description: View of Willimantic cotton mills across railroad tracks with three men standing in front. Caption reads: "Willimantic Cotton Mills Corporation, Willimantic...
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Flambeau River from Soo Bridge

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Description: View of the Flambeau River from Soo Bridge. The railroad bridges crosses over the river and foliage lines the riverbanks.
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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...
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Main Street

Date: 1909
Description: View down unpaved Main Street towards a train passing by in the background. There is a row of buildings on the right and a fenced in lot on the left. A woo...
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Railroad Tracks through Merrillan

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Description: View across railway tracks near a town. Identified as the town of Merrillan, looking north from the Pearl Street crossing. The buildings on the other side ...
Postcard

Main Street

Date: 1900
Description: View down Main Street from between wooden sidewalk on the left, and the unpaved street on the right. Further down are commercial buildings lining both side...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 134

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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...
Photograph

Rural Scene in Minoa

Date: 06 25 1924
Description: View down road with fences on both sides. Signs read: "Danger! NYH R.R. 300 Ft. Ahead," and "Incorporated Village of Minoa Slow Down to 15 Miles." There is...
Photograph

Rural Scene in Minona

Date: 06 25 1924
Description: View down road with towards a railroad crossing. In the background on the right among trees is a brick building, and a house with a front porch.
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Freedom Train "Spirit of 1776"

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: View of the front of the Freedom Train. The sign on the locomotive reads: "Spirit of 1776." People are standing near the train in the foreground, and in th...
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Rural Scene with Road

Date: 06 25 1924
Description: Rural scene across road. Houses are in the background near a field. Further down the road is a railroad crossing.

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