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Bird's-Eye View of Janesville

Date: 1860
Description: Bird's-eye view of Janesville from the High School building.
Photograph

Grafton Viaduct

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Description: View across field towards the railroad bridge, seen with the construction almost completed. A man is standing in the middle of the bridge, and two or three...
Photograph

Menasha Factories View

Date: 09 29 1963
Description: View down railroad tracks towards the railroad bridge, with industrial plants on Doty Island.
Photograph

Aerial View of City Along River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the city and the river.
Photograph

Aerial View of City and River

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of city, with Eau Claire River is in the foreground with Milwaukee railroad bridge at left. Gillette Rubber Co. plant is in center with Omaha r...
Photograph

East River with Train Crossing

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Description: Aerial view of a train crossing the East River in a rural community south of Green Bay. Some buildings are visible to the right and the background of the i...
Photograph

Log Running on the Chippewa River

Date: 1904
Description: Logs floating down the river beneath the bridge on the Chippewa River. On the far shoreline are billboards. One advertises for "J.R. Sharp Hardware." Men a...
Map or Atlas

Map of Sauk County

Date: 1859
Description: Map featuring various views of buildings and scenes from Sauk County.
Photograph

Train on White River Bridge

Date: 1900
Description: Wisconsin Central train passing over the White River bridge. The first railroad car is imprinted with "U.S. Mail."
Photograph

The Stone Arch Bridge Over a River

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Description: Elevated view of an Oriental Limited train crossing The Stone Arch Bridge over a river. The bridge was built by The Great Northern Railway in 1883. There i...
Photograph

The Red Cedar River

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Description: View along railroad tracks leading towards a railroad bridge across the Red Cedar River. A large building is on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Red...
Photograph

Bridge Across Sugar River

Date: 1912
Description: View across a railroad bridge with metal truss system over the Sugar River.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of railroad bridge across a river. Two girls and a boy are standing on the opposite side of the river near the shoreline.
Photograph

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."
Photograph

Log Jam

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Description: View from shoreline of a log jam under a railroad bridge about half a mile from the Black River Falls Dam. On the opposite shoreline, men sit atop a fence....
Photograph

Railroad Bridge

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Description: Winter view of the railroad bridge over the river. There are signs and graffiti painted on the rocks below in the foreground.
Photograph

Railroad Bridge

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Description: View across river towards a railroad train on a railroad bridge crossing the river. There are signs and graffiti painted on the rocks below.
Book or Pamphlet

N.C. Thompson Advertising Booklet

Date: 1880
Description: Front page of booklet with an engraving of a man with a team of two horses in a field with the "Celebrated Gorham Sulky Cultivator."
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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