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Loggers Posing on Railroad Tracks

Date: 1896
Description: Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja...
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Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron works. Large group of men posing in yard. The boardinghouse is on a hill in the far background. Early iron was mined at Mayville...
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Loading Rock from Quarry

Date: 1894
Description: Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car.
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Boxcar Traveler

Date: 1895
Description: A man stands in the open doorway of a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha railway boxcar.
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Train Crossing a Bridge

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Description: A freight train makes its way across a bridge over a dam on the Black River.
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Green Bay & Western Yards

Date: 1909
Description: Green Bay & Western train yards.
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Men approaching a train at the railroad depot carrying farm machinery from the J.I. Case Company.
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Crane Lifting Boxcar

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Description: Crowd watching a railway crane lift a boxcar back on the track from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway.
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Railway Crane lifting Boxcar

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Description: Crowd watching a railway crane lift a boxcar from the Chicago and Northwestern Railway back on the track.
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Two Men and Small Locomotive

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Description: Two men posing in front of a small locomotive, probably a donkey engine used to refill downtown after the flood.
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Woman and Child near Bridge

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Description: Woman and child standing in the shadows among the rocks and logs along the river as a freight train crosses the elevated bridge above.
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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Man Giving Speech on Train

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Description: Crowd listening to a whistle-stop speaker at the railroad station, possibly Taft.
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Men Working on Tipped Train Cars

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Description: A panoramic view of many men gathered on the railroad tracks on an embankment, working to up-right train cars that have tipped over. On the right is a loco...
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Elevated View of Town

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Description: Elevated view of town. The tallest building is the Jackson County Court House, the church near it is the Baptist Church, and the church across the street i...
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Dirt Road in Town

Date: 1901
Description: View down dirt road of buildings and storefronts along a sidewalk, possibly Main Street, looking north toward the Chicago & Northwestern railroad tracks. A...
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace and pig iron stock piles. The boardinghouse is visible on the hill in the far background.
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Merrillan Street Scene

Date: 1931
Description: View down a commercial street. The shops on the street include: a drugstore, the City Hotel, the post office, the Merrillan Home Bakery, and the State Bank...
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.

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