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| Date: | 03 1907 |
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| Description: | The engine of a train stopped at a crossroad, possibly near International Harvester's McCormick Works (factory). |
| Date: | 07 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the... |
| Date: | 09 05 1947 |
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| Description: | The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f... |
| Date: | 04 14 1948 |
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| Description: | Exterior view from across an intersection of the John Doris house, 603-605 West Main Street at South Bedford Street. The home was once a hotel, now home to... |
| Date: | 1917 |
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| Description: | A caravan of International trucks en route to Chicago from International Harvester's Akron Works factory in Ohio, stops at a railroad crossing to allow a t... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | A view east from the corner of South Blair and Williamson Streets. On the left is Joe's News Store (Joseph J. Kuhn) 520 E. Wilson Street and a sign for th... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks. An automobile on West Washington Avenue crosses the trac... |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Illinois Central Railroad station, 603 West Washington Avenue. The passenger depot is in the foreground, and the freight depot is across West Washington Av... |
| Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Car wreckage and a Milwaukee Road switch engine are shown at the University Avenue railroad crossing. The four persons in the car were hurt. They were Mr.... |
| Date: | 05 1980 |
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| Description: | A short black and white pole marks where a road converges with a state highway that stretches to the horizon. In the mid-distance before a hill is a railro... |
| Date: | 09 01 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the factories at the corner of Thompson and Hullett Streets. A large tree grows at the curb. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Originally known as the Cincinnati and Eastern Railway, the Norfolk and Western Railroad received its new name in October 1901. Caption reads: "N. & W. R.R... |
| Date: | 02 09 1951 |
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| Description: | A group portrait near a railroad crossing of striking workers who hold signs with messages, including: "Higher Wages, Not Higher Prices". |
| Date: | 02 09 1951 |
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| Description: | Striking workers near a railroad crossing march in a circle holding handmade signs. |
| Date: | 04 23 1926 |
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| Description: | A man stops his automobile at a railroad crossing while waiting for the train to cross a paved road. The traffic sign to the right of the car reads: "Railr... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Men and fire fighters are gathered around burning building attempting to extinguish flames with an International Model V-196 1957 fire truck. The truck is ... |
| Date: | 1929 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks looking towards the Bagley train station. On the right is a large storage tank. A man is driving a car near the railroad tracks n... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | View looking down a commercial street. Shops and cars in angled parking spaces line both sides of the paved street. A horse-drawn wagon is in the far dista... |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View down the street of a retail area. On either side of the street, there are storefronts, pedestrians and parked cars. Just before a steep hill is a rail... |
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