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View of Town From Bancroft Tower

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Description: Elevated view of town buildings as seen from Bancroft Tower. A body of water and what appears to be an industrial plant are in the foreground.
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Wilson Dam

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Description: View down hill of Wilson Dam, which opened in 1924. Located on the Tennessee River, boats and buildings are near the dam on the opposite shoreline.
Postcard

East Shore, Devil's Lake

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Description: Photographic postcard of the railroad tracks around the East Shore of the lake in Devil's Lake State Park. Telephone poles are between the tracks and the s...
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Railroad Yards

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Description: Photographic postcard of the railroad yard. Across an empty yard where a few large pipes lay, a locomotive with smoking stack and cars is on railroad track...
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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...
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Elevated Town View with Railroad Tracks

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Description: Elevated view of town buildings with railroad tracks running through the town. A railroad depot stands in the foreground.
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J.I. Case Plow Works Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the J.I. Case Plow Works of Racine, Wisconsin, with an elevated view of the company plant and a smaller scene set on a scroll of a man driving ...
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Cohn & Robertson Granite Mfg. Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Cohn & Robertson Granite Manufacturing Company of Granite Heights and Wausau, Wisconsin, with a view of workers loading a C.M.&St.P. rail...
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Atlas Paper Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Atlas Paper Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, a paper company established in 1878. On the left is a scroll embellished with a spray of flow...
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Fox River Paper Company Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Fox River Paper Company of Appleton, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of the company building and a hanging roll of paper that incorp...
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Jacob's Ladder

Date: 1900
Description: View of a railroad engine with passengers before it ascends Mount Washington Railroad's 'Jacob's Ladder,' built around 1868 with a grade of 37.41%.
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Hot Pot Engine

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Description: View of a work engine and crew at a steel mill. Published by Arbiter Bros.
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Freight Yard

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Description: View of several rows of railroad cars at a freight yard.
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Railroad Yards

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Description: Elevated view of rows of railroad cars can be seen lined up on the tracks outside Minot Flour Mill Company, founded in 1903.
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Railroad Car Ferry

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Description: View of railroad cars being ferried across the river.
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Live Poultry Transportation Company Memohead

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Description: Memohead of the Live Poultry Transportation Company, with headquarters in Chicago, Illinois, with a three-quarter view of a stock car for transporting live...
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Seabright Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior view of Seabright Railroad Station. Automobiles and horse-drawn carriages are lined up near the station.
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Orangeburg Railroad Station

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Description: Exterior view of Orangeburg Railroad Station with horse-drawn omnibuses waiting near the tracks.
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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.
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Maricopa Train Depot

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Description: Exterior view of Maricopa Train Depot. Men gather near the railroad tracks.

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