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Oscar Mayer Freight Car

Date: 08 04 1931
Description: Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad freight car with "Oscar Mayer's Meats of Good Taste" advertisement on the side.
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Harry S. Truman

Date: 09 1947
Description: President Harry S. Truman, standing at the rear of a railroad car.
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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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New DeSoto Automobiles

Date: 01 07 1946
Description: Four men posing with the first shipment of new 1946 DeSoto automobiles as they come off a train onto a loading dock for Stadium Garage, 1501 Monroe Street,...
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Boy Scout Paper Salvage Drive

Date: 10 18 1944
Description: Boy Scouts, Troop #20, from Christ Presbyterian Church, in front of a Northern Pacific railroad freight car, with two truckloads of salvaged paper they've ...
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Railroad Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Left side view of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago and Northwestern Railway car number N.W.X.6845.
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Railroad Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, car number URTX 5393. The Oscar Mayer rail yard is in the ...
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Left side of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5365.
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Right side view of Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, car number URTX 5365.
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of the top of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5365 with a view of the Oscar Mayer rail yards. There is...
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Oscar Mayer Refrigerated Rail Car

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Elevated view of Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5374, with view of Oscar Mayer railroad yards.
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Railroad Tracks at Oscar Mayer Plant

Date: 06 22 1943
Description: Railroad tracks at Oscar Mayer plant. There is a railroad car on another set of tracks on the left.
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Rock Crusher

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Truck-pulled rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. Left rear view of the unit parked along railroad track...
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Fauerbach Brewing Co. Buildings

Date: 04 01 1938
Description: Two men are standing next to a railroad car at the rear of the Fauerbach Brewing Company at 651-653 Williamson Street.
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Green & Company Truck

Date: 04 30 1936
Description: Three men loading seed sacks into Green & Company Ford semi-trailer truck at Olds Seed Co. loading dock, 722 Williamson Street. Sign on truck reads: "Green...
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Truck Wreck

Date: 06 22 1935
Description: A crowd of people viewing the remains of a Keystone Fuel & Material Co. truck after it was crushed by a Milwaukee Road train, near the Brittingham Park cro...
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Fauerbach Freight Cars

Date: 07 17 1934
Description: Two railroad freight cars with Fauerbach Beer signs covering their sides are parked outdoors on railroad tracks in a railroad yard.
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Flooded Park Street Viaduct

Date: 05 19 1933
Description: Flooded Park Street viaduct, with a railroad train on tracks above the viaduct. There is a car in the water under the viaduct, and a man is standing on the...
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Railroad Car Load of Culverts

Date: 07 20 1932
Description: Group of men sitting on top of railroad flatbed car loaded with culverts. Sign above them reads: "Capital City Culvert Company," 1335 Gilson Street.

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