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Stock Day at Blue River

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: Elevated view of stock day at the railroad yards, showing pens of sheep and other livestock ready for loading into railroad cars. All of the cars are deco...
Postcard

Mining Operations

Date: 1915
Description: Elevated view of mining operations. Caption reads: "'A Busy Corner' of Platteville."
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1929
Description: View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n...
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Stock Days

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Stock Days. Horses and wagons loaded with livestock are lined up in a row on the snowy street. On the right is a train decorated with Amer...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1909
Description: Train stopped at Blue River Depot.
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Cassville Depot and Yards

Date: 1921
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Cassville depot. A boy or man sits on a bench in front of the depot.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View down railroad tracks of a busy scene at the train depot. A train is arriving at the crowded platform. On the side of the depot a man sits on a cart, n...
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Depot

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Cuba City train depot and post office.
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National Zinc Separating Company Plant

Date: 1925
Description: View down railroad tracks towards large mounds of raw material at National Zinc Separating Company plant. Industrial buildings and a railroad car and an au...
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National Zinc Separating Company Plant

Date: 1925
Description: View across field towards large mounds of raw material at National Zinc Separating Company plant. Industrial buildings are in the background.
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Bird's-Eye View of Railroad Yards

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of the Fennimore, primarily the train depot. There is a windmill near railroad cars, and dwellings are in the distance.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1909
Description: View along a brick platform towards the Glen Haven depot, where two men stand against the building. Behind the depot is a building with a sign for the "Me...
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Fire Engine in front of Cassville Fire House

Date: 1932
Description: Three men, Henry Dietrich, Frank Eckstein and Peter Bausch, are posing with the fire truck they built. They took the truck to Dubuque to have the bright wo...
Photograph

C.B. & Q. Railroad

Date: 1900
Description: The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crew with the rock crusher. The train car is labeled '204430' and 'Burlington Route'. A steep hill rises behind...
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Klindt-Geiger Canning Company

Date: 1900
Description: Exterior view of the Klindt-Geiger Canning Company. A group of male and female employees are posing outdoors on the loading dock along the railroad tracks.
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Depot and Yards

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Description: View towards depot of a train pulling up to the platform. A group of men are on the far left behind the depot. Metal parts, firewood and wooden crates are ...
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Train and Depot

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Description: View along railroad tracks towards a group of men and boys standing on a platform in front of the Preston Depot while a locomotive arrives. In the backgrou...
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Stitzer Depot and Train

Date: 1921
Description: View down side of railroad tracks towards the depot, with a locomotive and passenger cars arriving. People are standing on the platform. In the background ...
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The Famous Narrow Gauge Train

Date: 1921
Description: A passenger train stopped at the depot. Three men are standing on the left, one of them pushing a cart. A row of milk cans is along the side of the depot b...
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"Peter's Special" Stock Train

Date: 12 06 1910
Description: View from snowy ditch looking down side of stock train. The engineer is looking out of the locomotive window, and another man stands on the tracks near the...

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