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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
| Date: | 02 13 1949 |
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| Description: | French representatives arrived in Madison aboard the French Gratitude Train (Merci Train) and were welcomed at the Northwestern Depot by the governor and h... |
| Date: | 02 13 1949 |
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| Description: | French Gratitude Train boxcar, (Merci Train) carrying gifts for the state of Wisconsin, on a flatbed truck on the grounds of the Wisconsin State Capitol Bu... |
| Date: | 08 01 1949 |
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| Description: | Four Madison high school youth are standing with their luggage near the entrance to a train car as they prepare to depart for the Red Cross training center... |
| Date: | 12 05 1949 |
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| Description: | Five men, including State Historical Society Director, Clifford Lord at left, standing near a box car labeled "Gratitude Train" on a flat bed truck parked ... |
| Date: | 11 05 1932 |
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| Description: | President Herbert Hoover stands with his wife on the platform of their special train as they arrive in Madison. Hoover spoke at the University of Wisconsin... |
| Date: | 08 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Five Naval Reserve recruits in uniform pose for a group portrait at the Milwaukee Road railroad station. Left to right: David L. Larson, 1235 Darmouth Road... |
| Date: | 08 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Two Madison sisters board a train to travel to out-of-state colleges. Mary Clare Koltes, left, is transfering from the University of Wisconsin to Rollins C... |
| Date: | 09 06 1950 |
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| Description: | Three members of the Madison marine reserve unit board a train for duty in Korea. From left to right are: Capt. J.J. Warner, Capt. John Jensvold, and Lieut... |
| Date: | 01 25 1951 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car labeled: "Fruit Growers Express." |
| Date: | 01 25 1951 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car containing damaged orange crates. |
| Date: | 06 18 1951 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of the University of Wisconsin Varsity Crew at West Washington Avenue railroad station. The crew poses before an unusual Milwaukee Road Rail... |
| Date: | 06 18 1951 |
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| Description: | A crowd greets the University of Wisconsin varsity crew as they arrive on a train at the West Washington Avenue railroad station. At top center is crew cap... |
| Date: | 04 18 1953 |
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| Description: | University of Wisconsin crew members unload a new racing shell that was made by George Pocock in Seattle. |
| Date: | 08 11 1953 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Central Wisconsin Cooperative Stores, Inc. building at 112 North Lake Street. The two-story brick warehouse has four loading dock door... |
| Date: | 09 08 1953 |
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| Description: | An elderly couple hold suitcases while boarding or disembarking a train car. |
| Date: | 04 14 1956 |
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| Description: | Onlookers stand near a Milwaukee Road switch engine and two boxcars derailed near the East Johnson Street crossing of the Yahara River. |
| Date: | 03 28 1960 |
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| Description: | While en route from Oregon prison farm to Oscar Mayer and Co., three cows were frightened by an ambulance siren on the 700 block of West Washington Avenue ... |
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