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| Date: | 09 1980 |
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| Description: | View down tracks of a repair crew working on Milwaukee Road tracks, near Rothschild, using a crane to help lift a rail. An unidentified highway bridge over... |
| Date: | 06 16 1963 |
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| Description: | View down street towards the Menasha railroad crossing and a Roman Catholic Church. |
| Date: | 04 22 1965 |
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| Description: | A panoramic view of the Mississippi River flooding during the spring, showing the dykes built along the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad tracks at Sec... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" a... |
| Date: | 1932 |
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| Description: | Crowd gathered for the milk strike at Stanley. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a machine shop, with a wagon in the foreground. A body of water is behind the shop, and railroad tracks curve around to the right. A sign ... |
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| Description: | This house was the Madison home of Robert M. La Follette, Sr., and Belle Case La Follette from the time of their marriage until they moved to the Governor'... |
| Date: | 11 17 1937 |
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| Description: | Looking northeast on Sheridan Road (State Highway 42) at Sheridan Road Grade Crossing. |
| Date: | 06 16 1962 |
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| Description: | View looking toward the ruins of Old Walker Hotel. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the railroad crossing where rubber paving was used for the first time in the United States. Caption at top reads: "First Rubber Crossing in U.S. S.... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northwestern Railway crossing on Monona Bay, the site of the old MX tower. |
| Date: | 1923 |
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| Description: | Unprotected railroad crossings were a particular hazard for automobiles as this 1923 poster issued by the American Railroad Association dramatically points... |
| Date: | 03 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Northwestern passenger train and truck collision at Commercial Avenue crossing in which two people, Mr. and Mrs. William A. Thompson (Alice) were killed. T... |
| 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: | 11 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of eleven men sitting on the stage at Central High School auditorium conducting a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenu... |
| Date: | 11 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of part of the audience of 1,000 people who attended a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago, Milwau... |
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