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Jones' Little Pig Sausage Factory

Date: 1910
Description: View of Jones' sausage factory with train car on railroad tracks in front. Caption reads: "'Jones Little Pig Sausage Factory' Ft. Atkinson, Wis."
Photograph

Five Men on top of Caboose

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Description: Elevated view of five men standing on top of the caboose. Heavy snow is on the ground, and fences are on the right and left.
Photograph

Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of train wreck of Soo Line. There is a box car off the train tracks, with other wreckage in background. There is some snow along the right si...
Photograph

Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Soo Line train wreck, with two men standing near box car wreckage.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Soo Line train wreck. Four men are working on the tracks near an overturned box car.
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Soo Line Train Wreck

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Description: Elevated view of Soo Line train wreck. There are railroad tracks with overturned cars, and people standing around.
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Hoberg Paper and Fibre Company

Date: 1920
Description: Hoberg Paper and Fibre Company buildings along the East River. Ice is on the river in the foreground.
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Standard Oil Bulk Plant

Date: 1930
Description: Standard Oil Company's bulk plant on North Broadway Street with trains and tracks, and a train station.
Print

In the Emigrant Train

Date: 01 1874
Description: Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west.
Photograph

Man along Railroad Tracks

Date: 1940
Description: A man (maybe a railroad worker or a tramp) standing along a railroad track next to a small cooking fire. Railroad cars are in the background.
Painting

Train Crossing 12th Wisconsin's Bridge

Date: 06 1862
Description: First train crossing the Obion River, Tennessee, on the Ohio and Mobile Railroad on a bridge built by the 12th Wisconsin Volunteers. Watercolor by John Ga...
Photograph

Union Depot, Reed Street Station

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Description: Slightly elevated view over railroad tracks of the Union Depot, erected in 1866 on Reed Street. Horse-drawn wagons and cabs are parked nearby, and pedestr...
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Interior of the Pioneer Sleeping Car

Date: 1891
Description: Interior view of the Pullman sleeping car "Pioneer," which is arranged for daytime use, and showing the richly ornamented paneling and painted ceiling. Thi...
Photograph

Harry Truman on Train

Date: 05 14 1950
Description: President Harry S. Truman greets a crowd from the back platform of a NorthWestern train at the Commercial Ave. crossing. Others with him from the left are...
Photograph

Chicago and North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1961
Description: The Chicago and Northwestern railroad station.
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Soldiers Off to Camp

Date: 08 01 1917
Description: National Guard troops unloading their supplies from New York Central railroad cars into a transport wagon to be taken to camp.
Photograph

Wausau, Wisconsin

Date: 1890
Description: Elevated view looking up the Wisconsin River, with Wausau in the background. There are railroad cars on a bridge on the right.
Postcard

La Crosse Harbor on Mississippi River

Date: 1905
Description: View from the top of a railroad car on railroad tracks along the Mississippi River shoreline. Ships are along the shoreline on the right, and railroad trac...
Photograph

J.J. Hogan Wholesales

Date: 1900
Description: View down railroad tracks, with the Mississippi River on the left, and on the right the J.J. Hogan Wholesale Company.
Photograph

J.J. Hogan Wholesale Co.

Date: 1900
Description: J.J. Hogan Wholesale Company on the Mississippi River.

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