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Kilbourn Bridge View

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Description: View of Kilbourn bridge with railroad train. Steamboat and rowboats at edge of river.
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Kilbourn Bridge with Train

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Description: Bridge over river with railroad train. "Apollo No. 1" steamboat under bridge. Boats are along the shoreline.
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River.
Painting

Train Crossing 12th Wisconsin's Bridge

Date: 06 1862
Description: First train crossing the Obion River, Tennessee, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad on a bridge built by the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers. Watercolor by John Ga...
Postcard

P.H. Best Brewing Company

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Description: Southside Brewery, formerly the Melm's Brewery. A bridge, a boat, a river, several small buildings, and horse-drawn vehicles are in the foreground. Caption...
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Bird's Eye View of Cyclone Wreckage

Date: 06 1899
Description: Elevated view of New Richmond after the tornado hit on June 12, 1899. Many people are gathered around the railroad tracks and a few others are seen among t...
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Train on Bridge

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Description: View of one of the first locomotives of the Fox River Valley, Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad on a wooden trestle over a wetland. The locomotive has brass ...
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C.M.&St.P Locomotive on Bridge

Date: 1878
Description: View from riverbank of the Chicago Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive no. 142 on the Kilbourn bridge.
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High Angle View of Tornado Aftermath

Date: 06 12 1899
Description: Elevated view toward the horizon over a bridge on a river of the widespread destruction left in the wake of a tornado. Destroyed houses litter the scene an...
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Construction Work on the New Free Bridge

Date: 08 29 1930
Description: View from top of new bridge of construction grounds at the bridge site. There are cars carrying building materials on the railroad tracks by the Bridgeport...
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Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Illinois Central Railroad Station, from a bridge crossing over the tracks, built in 1918.
Photograph

Corn Binder

Date: 04 10 1915
Description: Close-up of Corn Binder outdoors in the factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated platform, brick factory buildings, and a smokestac...
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Tractor Powered Ensilage Cutter at McCormick Works

Date: 04 16 1918
Description: A tractor-powered Ensilage Cutter in the factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated railroad platform between two brick factory build...
Photograph

Early Model Harvester Thresher at McCormick Works

Date: 05 03 1918
Description: Early model Harvester Thresher in factory yard. In the background are railroad cars on an elevated railroad platform between two brick factory buildings. A...
Photograph

McCormick Works Plant and Yard

Date: 11 26 1918
Description: View looking down railroad tracks towards plant and yard. On the left railroad cars are on an elevated railroad platform, and a skybridge is overhead conne...
Photograph

Hay Stacker at McCormick Works

Date: 01 16 1919
Description: Hay Stacker outdoors in factory yard. There are brick buildings and an elevated railroad platform in the background. A skybridge connects two of the factor...
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Two Day's Output at McCormick Works

Date: 1916
Description: View of stacked crates holding Binders in factory yard. In the background are two brick buildings connected with a skybridge, and below are railroad cars o...
Postcard

Below the High Bridge After the Flood

Date: 07 23 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "Below the High Bridge After the Flood. Wausau, Wisconsin." Railroad cars were swept away when dams at Brokaw and Merrill failed on th...

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