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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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Large Log on a Railway Flat Car

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Description: An enormous log is secured on a flat rail car parked in a rail yard. Three men are making sure it is fastened properly. More logs are visible on rail cars ...
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Round House

Date: 1924
Description: View down side of railroad tracks of two trains entering a Chicago and North Western Railway roundhouse. A man in overalls stands near the tracks.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Gotham Depot

Date: 1920
Description: Three men stand, in three-piece suits and hats, in front of the Gotham train depot.
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Group of Men Posed with Railroad Train

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Description: View from steep bank of a large group of men posed standing with shovels by a railroad train with flat cars covered with sand or dirt. Man of the men are h...
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Passenger Train on Railroad Bridge

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Description: View from shoreline of a passenger train on a railroad bridge over a river. Men are standing on the bridge in front of the locomotive. There is snow on the...
Book or Pamphlet

Kardell 4-in-1 Tractor

Date: 1918
Description: Pamphlet advertising the Kardell 4-in-1 tractor, featuring a photograph of the machinery as well as inset illustrations of the tractor in use on a farm.
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West Side Fuel Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the West Side Fuel Company of Port Washington, Wisconsin, with cartoon-style drawings, printed in black ink, of workers mining coal with a pi...
Photograph

McKenna Mill

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Description: Large group of men posed standing near and on a wagon stacked with timber which is on top of a platform in front of a sawmill. Railroad cars are behind the...
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Blacksmith Shoeing Horse

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Description: Blacksmith posed shoeing a horse in the snow-covered lumberyard of a sawmill, while another man holds the horse's reins. A third man is posed standing next...
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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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Milwaukee Road Switch Engine Derailment

Date: 04 14 1956
Description: Onlookers stand near a Milwaukee Road switch engine and two boxcars derailed near the East Johnson Street crossing of the Yahara River.
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Lone Rock Depot — Chicago, Milwaukee, and Saint Paul

Date: 1909
Description: Five men stand on the platform of the Lone Rock depot waiting for the train.
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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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Depot and Train

Date: 1928
Description: View down cobblestone platform of a group of young boys and men standing alongside the front of the depot. The locomotive on the tracks is Class A1 3012, a...
Postcard

Unloading Horses

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Description: Colorized postcard of an elevated view of horses being unloaded from railroad cars by soldiers. Caption reads: "'Unloading Horses,' Camp Douglas, Wis."
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Charcoal Kilns

Date: 09 27 1895
Description: Elevated view of men and horses standing atop the platform used to load wood into charcoal kilns, also known as pits. These kilns convert cord wood into ch...
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Starch Factory

Date: 09 28 1895
Description: Elevated view of wagons filled with potatoes parked near a starch factory. In 1895, 125,000 bushels of potatoes were converted into starch. Railroad tracks...
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C.M. St. P. Railroad Wreck

Date: 1912
Description: View of group of men standing around the train wreck of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific Railroad near Turkey River, Iowa across the river from...

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