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Construction on McCormick Works Twine Mill

Date: 1900
Description: Elevated view of construction workers and brick layers nearing completion of construction of the Twine Mill at the McCormick Reaper Works. The factory was ...
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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
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'Electro Motive' Train

Date: 1940
Description: A man in a suit and hat is standing on the side of a train engine in a train yard. Railroad employees can be seen in and on the train, and a group of men a...
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Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway Locomotive No. 40

Date: 1869
Description: Milwaukee and St. Paul Railway locomotive no. 40, called the L.B. Rock, at the Chestnut Street yards. The mast of a ship is visible in the background, and ...
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Railroad Yard at Allis-Chalmers

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of Allis-Chalmers plant showing several trains on the tracks next to a large industrial building. The steam engine tender in front of the loc...
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Man in International Truck Near Freight Train

Date: 1913
Description: A man in an International Model M truck parked in a railroad yard beside a freight train. In the background is a locomotive and a refrigerator car. The tra...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1223

Date: 1906
Description: Five railroad employees pose on Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1223 at the Chestnut Street yard. Left to right are yardman Jack Meyer, ya...
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1926
Description: View down railroad tracks where three boys are standing. The water tank and windmill are on the right near the Deerfield Depot. On the far right, two men a...
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Two Men Posed with Locomotive

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Description: Two men posed by the locomotive of a freight train on railroad tracks, probably by the coal shed at Millston. The two-wheeled express wagon on the platform...
Postcard

Union Railroad Depot

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Union Railroad depot. A railroad worker stands on the tracks, one man walks on the platform with his baggage and two men sit on a...
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Waiting to Load Sacks on Train

Date: 09 1902
Description: Farmers with wagon loads of sacks of potatoes(?), probably waiting to load them on a train.
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Depot and Yards

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Description: View down middle of two railroad tracks towards the railroad depot. Freight cars are on another set of railroad tracks on the left, and in the far backgrou...
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Hillsboro and Northeastern Locomotive

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Description: Locomotive at the depot with what may be a coal car. The engineer is leaning out the window.
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Elevated View of Railroad Depot

Date: 08 1902
Description: Elevated view of the railroad depot taken from the wooden shake roof of a building. On the right are railroad tracks, depot buildings, grain storage and a ...
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At Depot, Stockyard across Tracks

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Description: A Native American man is in the foreground, and three Native American women and two Native American children are standing on the wooden boardwalk near the ...
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Railroad Station

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Description: View from a railroad platform and railroad tracks. A locomotive with railroad cars is parked on the far track. One man is standing next to the locomotive; ...
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Engine No. 1224

Date: 1914
Description: Railroad workers posing in front of locomotive Engine No. 1224 at Stowell Station. From left to right are Fireman John F. Fohey, yardmaster John Rice, Waym...
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Wagner Railroad Station Panorama

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Description: Panoramic view of four men and a child standing in front of the station of the Wisconsin & Michigan Railroad. One of the men is crouching near two handcars...
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Railroad Yard at Gisholt Machine Company

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Description: View of a loading platform by the railroad track at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400-block of East Mifflin...
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Men Posing wih a Large Flag

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Description: Group portrait of men lined up outdoors in a train yard, in front of an American flag. They are all wearing suits and hats, and three men have boutonnieres...

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