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Missouri Pacific Railroad

Date: 1936
Description: An International Model C-35 is parked near a building. To the right men are working on a locomotive for the Missouri Pacific Railroad. The front of another...
Photograph

Missouri Pacific Railroad Yard

Date: 06 02 1936
Description: Slightly elevated view of men loading the bed of an International Model C-35 truck parked behind a railroad car. The men are standing on a platform at the ...
Photograph

Brookville Locomotive

Date: 12 22 1937
Description: Brookville locomotive pulling dump cars in a rock quarry owned by General Refractories Company. Two men can be seen sitting inside through the front window...
Photograph

Brookville Locomotive

Date: 11 18 1937
Description: A man operating a Brookville locomotive powered by an International P-12 power unit while two men are working behind him at what appears to be a constructi...
Poster

The Flight of the Fast Mail Travel Poster

Date: 1875
Description: Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de...
Poster

Chicago and North Western Railway System Anniversary Travel Poster

Date: 1948
Description: An original colored lithograph advertising the Chicago and North Western Railway's 100th Anniversary from 1848 to 1948. The poster features the artist Paul...
Poster

Milwaukee Road Celebration Poster

Date: 1940
Description: An original colored poster celebrating the Milwaukee Road's 90 years of progress. The poster features three photographs of locomotive engines, ranging in t...
Poster

The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R. Poster

Date: 1900
Description: An original color lithograph featuring a side profile of "The Famous War Engine "General" of the Western & Atlantic R. R." The artist depicts the steam eng...
Poster

The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha Poster

Date: 1950
Description: An original color lithograph featuring a side profile view of The Milwaukee Road Hiawatha engine and one additional car. Below the image is written: "Built...
Book or Pamphlet

John A. Salzer Seed Co. Catalog

Date: 1938
Description: Front cover of the 70th Anniversary (1868-1938) John A. Salzer Seed Co. catalog featuring a colorful mix of pansies and a quotation from Shakespeare. The a...
Postcard

The "General" Locomotive used by Andrew's Raiders

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Description: Color postcard view of the railroad locomotive used in a famous Civil War incident, which was later retold in Buster Keaton's motion picture The General...
Photograph

Locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool"

Date: 1864
Description: The locomotives "Christopher Adams" and "Liverpool," taken over and operated by the U.S. military during the Civil War.
Photograph

Locomotive Pulling Group of People on Railroad Cars

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Description: View toward a large group of people posing on railroad cars and the locomotive on tracks. Caption reads: "Dummy Leaving Pertle Springs, MO." A man holding...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Georgia Peach Orchard and Packing House

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Description: Elevated view of a peach orchard and packing house. The roof of a building is in the foreground. Railroad tracks on the left run through the orchard, and a...
Photograph

Train Arriving at the Depot

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Description: The station at Sylvan Beach was essential in providing transportation to central New York's recreational resort area. Caption reads: "Train Time. Sylvan Be...
Photograph

Mining Iron Ore

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Description: A train sending out a shipment of taconite from the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
Photograph

Steam Shovel

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Description: A 300 ton steam shovel scooping iron ore at the Hull Rust Mahoning Mine, the world's largest open pit iron ore mine.
Photograph

Loading Ore Cars

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Description: Trains transported iron ore through St. George every twenty minutes. A view of the city can be seen behind the railroad yard.
Photograph

Hawaii Plantation Scene

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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 ...

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