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Flooded Park Street Viaduct

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: Flooded Park Street viaduct, with a railroad train on tracks above the viaduct. There is a car in the water under the viaduct, and a man is standing on the...
Photograph

Out for a Spin

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard showing a man driving an early open automobile with a railroad overpass behind him. Caption reads: "Out for a Spin, Bonduel, Wis."
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Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy Railroad

Date: 1886
Description: View of the Chicago, Burlington, and Quincy railroad drawbridge and trestle.
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Horse-Drawn McCormick Binder on Path under Railroad Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: A man is driving a horse-drawn McCormick binder down a path that runs underneath a railroad bridge.
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Aerial View of United States Rubber Company

Date: 1944
Description: Aerial view of the U.S. Rubber Company plant and surrounding environment.
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Cows Grazing

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Description: "Cows graze along the Rock River. In the distance is North Pole Road and beyond that tracks of the Soo Line Railroad."
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Railroad Bridge Under Construction

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Description: View from shoreline over river of men posed standing on a railroad bridge under construction during the winter.
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Bridge Over River

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Description: Elevated view over buildings of men and women walking across a bridge over a high river. There is a railroad bridge in the background.
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 482-488

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Description: A man in motion moves upon good reason.

To create disorder
he must stop and settle down.
Photograph

Timber Highway

Date: 1933
Description: Highway with timbered railroad underpass.
Photograph

Ox Cart

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Description: View across unpaved road towards a man posing sitting in a wagon pulled by a team of two oxen. There is a bridge behind them on the right. Identified as pr...
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Truck Crash on Troy Drive

Date: 02 06 1963
Description: $25,000 estimated damage was caused when a semi-trailer loaded with Mercedes-Benz engines crashed into a railroad viaduct on Troy Drive near School Road. T...
Photograph

Railroad Bridge over a Frozen River

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Description: View across a frozen river towards a railroad bridge. A group of men are standing on top of the bridge in the center, and two other men are on the left.
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Fleet of Tractors

Date: 04 14 1928
Description: A group of men are posing in the driver's seats of McCormick-Deering tractors with enclosed cabs. The tractors are parked in a line at an angle against a c...
Postcard

Horseshoe Curve

Date: 1950
Description: Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el...
Postcard

Sheboygan River and Belt Line Bridge

Date: 1911
Description: Text on front reads: "Sheboygan River and Belt Line Bridge, Sheboygan, Wis." Elevated view of a trestle bridge over the river. Two bridges cross the river...

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