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U.S. Sugar Company

Date: 1924
Description: Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory.
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Streetcar Repair Shop

Date: 1910
Description: Interior view of the repair shop of the Madison Traction Company on Fair Oaks Avenue. An open streetcar is on the ramp, with a closed car from the Wingra P...
Photograph

Madison-Kipp Company

Date: 1916
Description: Exterior view of the Madison-Kipp Company during winter with a railroad car parked in front.
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President Herbert Hoover and Governor Kohler

Date: 11 05 1932
Description: Herbert Hoover stands with Governor Kohler on the back of a train during a campaign visit. The man in the hat holding the rail of the train car is U.S. Sec...
Postcard

Northwestern Railroad Depot

Date: 1909
Description: Exterior view of the Northwestern railroad depot with a train approaching the station. Caption reads: "Northwestern Depot, Waunakee, Wis."
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Railway Barn

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Description: A wintery view of the Southern Wisconsin Railway Company car barn.
Photograph

United States Sugar Beet Company

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Description: An exterior view of the United States Sugar Beet Company, located on Atwood Avenue.
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul East Madison Railroad Station

Date: 1918
Description: The East Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 501 East Wilson Street, from South Hancock Street, with Lake Monona in the background. ...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks. An automobile on West Washington Avenue crosses the trac...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. There are pedestrians and parked automobiles near the station.
Poster

Circus Concert Poster

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Description: Poster publicizing a concert by Hemisphere recording artists Circus, playing at the Church Key in Madison, Wisconsin. Illustration of trains going through ...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks.
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Loading Boxes from French Battery Company onto Railroad Cars

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Description: Two men loading boxes of batteries onto railroad cars with a conveyor belt. French Battery later became Ray-O-Vac Corporation.
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...
Manuscript

Tansy Camp Fire Girls Album: Camp 1930

Date: 1930
Description: Page from the Tansy Camp Fire Girls album kept by Neighborhood House, with groups of girls posing at the end of a pier, in front of tents, on the remains o...
Postcard

Wreck of No. 33 on May 28, 1913

Date: 1913
Description: Photographic postcard view of the aftermath of a train wreck. Survivors and onlookers are gathered on and around the railroad tracks. Caption reads: "Wreck...
Photograph

Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of glee, banjo and mandolin club members posing in front of a University of Wisconsin banner on the Chicago and...
Photograph

Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd.

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of the Fuller & Johnson Mfg. Co., Ltd. The office was at 101-133 North Dickinson St. and these buildings were/are in the 1400 block between E...
Photograph

Gisholt Machine Company Railroad Yard

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Description: View across railroad tracks towards the loading platform at the first machine works plant of the Gisholt Machine Company located at the 1400 block of East ...
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Horse-drawn Disc Harrow

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Description: Horse-drawn harrow on display by the railroad yard platform at the first machine works plant of Gisholt Machine Company, located at the 1400-block of East ...

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