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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1894 |
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| Description: | Men loading rock from Saddle Mound quarry onto a St. Paul Railroad flat car. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated group portrait of men and women gathered around the Turner House, which was erected by John Turner to house railroad men and construction... |
| Date: | 1899 |
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| Description: | Group of people posing on a trolley car, which is pulling a flat car loaded with a McCormick grain binder and mower as part of an event culminating the "Cr... |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A man stands in the open doorway of a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha railway boxcar. |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Cover of an advertising catalog for the Milwaukee Harvester Company featuring a color illustration of a derailed train carrying circus animals and a man op... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Kickapoo & Northern Railway locomotive and cars seen here after being derailed due to flooding on the Kickapoo River. |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | A Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad engine pulling a pay car. Identified employees include: (left to right) brakeman E.W. Sweet and fireman C... |
| Date: | 10 1891 |
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| Description: | The wreckage of a head-on collision of two Chicago, St. Paul Minneapolis & Omaha Railroad trains at Tramway. Men stand near and on top of the railroad cars... |
| Date: | 1886 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of factory workers entering the Oakley Avenue gate of the McCormick Reaper Works. The men are filing in from the street, passing railroad box... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Crew from the Augusta and Knoxville railroad posing with a steam engine. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Young man posing on train tracks in front of two passenger cars decorated with banners for the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Club. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Members of the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club posing at the rear of a train during the Spring Tour of 1896. Railroad employees and o... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor... |
| Date: | 01 1874 |
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| Description: | Interior of a coach on an emigration train to the west. |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t... |
| Date: | 1885 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mills with men posing on switcher engines in front of the buildings. The engines are, (left to right): Chicago and Northwestern... |
| Date: | 1898 |
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| 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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