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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
Description: View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ...
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Wisconsin Central Locomotive

Date: 1896
Description: Wisconsin Central Railway's locomotive # 96 at the Waukesha depot.
Poster

Under the Gaslight Poster

Date: 1867
Description: Lithograph poster for Augustin Daly's 1867 play Under the Gaslight, depicting Snorkey the one-armed Civil War veteran tied to the railroad tracks, w...
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Flora Dell Scrapbook Cover

Date: 1911
Description: The cover of a scrapbook made for Flora Dell Lake. Features a photograph of a small locomotive on a railroad track near a water tower. There are hand-drawn...
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Train Emerging from Tunnel

Date: 1911
Description: Front view of train emerging from a tunnel. A hand-drawn border features two male figures running away from the train and reads, "The monster pursues."
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Locomotive Engine No. 518

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Description: View of locomotive engine no. 518 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Two men are posing on the train.
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Birds-Eye View of Akron Works

Date: 1920
Description: Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2630

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2630, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 7131

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 7131 in Milwaukee.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2861

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Description: Right side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2861

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2861, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 901

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Description: Left side view of Chicago,Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 901, class J2, built by Borrks Locomotive Works in 1887. Engineer Jake Rhyner ...
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Locomotive Engine No. 1248

Date: 07 15 1915
Description: Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway locomotive engine no. 1248, class I5, built by the company's shop in 1912. From left to right are waymaster Harvey Gi...
Photograph

Locomotive Engine No. 1400

Date: 08 22 1936
Description: Right side view of locomotive engine no. 1400, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
Photograph

Locomotive Engine No. 1277

Date: 05 27 1938
Description: Right side view of the engine no. 1277, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
Photograph

Locomotive Engine No. 7060

Date: 01 23 1938
Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 7060, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2253

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 2253, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 2872

Date: 1937
Description: Left side view of the locomotive engine no. 2872, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 1340

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Description: Left side view of locomotive engine no. 1340, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.
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Locomotive Engine No. 1402

Date: 07 1940
Description: Right side view of locomotive engine no. 1402, a steam locomotive of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad Company.

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