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Locomotive No. 539

Date: 1882
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 ...
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Head-On Train Collision

Date: 10 1891
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...
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Train Cars Decorated for University of Wisconsin Clubs

Date: 1896
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.
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Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Club on Train

Date: 1896
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...
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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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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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Survey Group

Date: 1895
Description: Group of surveyors from the Agricultural Department at the University of Wisconsin posing on the back platform of their railroad car 404, "the Palace Car."...

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