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Fitchburg Depot and Train

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene of Fitchburg depot with train at platform, and a group of men and women waiting outdoors.
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Truck and Train Crash

Date: 11 05 1930
Description: People looking at the train cars and undamaged front end of the Wisconsin Telephone Company truck involved in the Milwaukee Road passenger train-truck acci...
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Land Clearing Train

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Description: View across field towards the Land Clearing Special Train, a program sponsored by the University of Wisconsin's Department of Agriculture and the U.S. Depa...
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Uncle Bob's Train at the Wisconsin State Fair

Date: 08 20 1952
Description: Boys wave from the passenger cars of Uncle Bob's train, while a crowd watches the amusement park ride at the Wisconsin State Fair.
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Train of Tomorrow

Date: 05 03 1948
Description: Youngsters from the Lakewood and Waunakee grade schools shown with the "Train of Tomorrow" at the North Western depot. The train was built for General Moto...
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Secretary of Interior Visit

Date: 05 28 1948
Description: Wisconsin's Chairman of the State Highway Commission, James R. Law (left), greeting Secretary of the Interior, Julius A. Krug and his wife and son. They ar...
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Men Escorting Woman on Railroad Platform

Date: 1897
Description: Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t...
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Governor Rennebohm Welcomes French Vice Consul

Date: 02 13 1949
Description: French representatives arrived in Madison aboard the French Gratitude Train (Merci Train) and were welcomed at the Northwestern Depot by the governor and h...
Poster

First Steam Passenger Train

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Description: Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
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Fitchburg Depot and Train

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Description: The Illinois Central Railroad Station and train in Fitchburg. There is snow on the ground, and men and women are waiting outside the depot on the platform....
Poster

Travel By Train, California Travel Poster

Date: 1934
Description: An original lithograph promoting California as a summer's destination to be reached by train. The poster features a woman in a vibrant yellow dress overloo...
Poster

Pennsylvania Railroad Patriotic Poster No. 1

Date: 1930
Description: An original lithograph promoting Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, as "home of the Pennsylvania Railroad." The poster features the artist N.C. Wyeth, and depicts...
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Wells Fargo Express Train Wreck

Date: 03 27 1908
Description: View of the train wreck of the Wells Fargo Express, March 27th. Several men sit on the wreckage, and several other men and a women are nearby. Captionh rea...
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Man, Woman and Girl on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: A bearded man wearing a hat and boots is standing near a passenger train. On the left is a woman with a young girl looking on. The original caption reads: ...
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People on Russian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait in boxcars and on the platform at a Russian railroad station. The original caption reads: "uppers and lowers on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [...
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People on Trans-Siberian Train Platform

Date: 1917
Description: Men and women wait on and near box cars at a train platform in Russia. The original caption reads: "cheapest traveling on the Trans-Siberian Ry. [Railway]....
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Workers on Strike

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Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.
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Spelling Bee Champion Heading to National Finals

Date: 05 17 1952
Description: Wisconsin State Journal's 1952 spelling champion, Beth Knope, boards a train to attend the national finals. Saying goodbye are her parents Sidney an...
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Woman at Lookout Cliff

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Description: View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees.
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Men and Automobiles at Train Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men walking alongside train cars and a line of automobiles at a train station. The men are likely gathered for an event on the "Union Pacific Silo...

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