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| Date: | 10 20 1946 |
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| Description: | Betty Gene Gardner, Ridgeway, who was chosen Queen of America's Dairyland at the 1946 Wisconsin State Fair, is shown boarding a train for the Dairy Industr... |
| Date: | 11 01 1946 |
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| Description: | Alfred F. Kniebusch being honored for his 54 years of service with the North Western railroad. Also shown, left to right, are H.W. Blum, transportation man... |
| Date: | 08 27 1921 |
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| Description: | Panoramic group portrait of Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad Staff Annual Picnic in Prospect Park. |
| Date: | 12 04 1916 |
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| Description: | Panoramic group portrait of Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha Railroad shopworkers. Text at the bottom image identifies, "W.H. Thorn - Master Car Bu... |
| Date: | 02 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Robert E. Guild, Madison native, Milwaukee Railroad engineer, and Holyoke, Colorado, movie theater operator from 1916 to 1939. |
| Date: | 03 27 1947 |
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| Description: | Police and trainmen for the Northwestern Railroad removing the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Thompson (Alice) from their truck, which collided with a N... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | A group of men laying rails at Hawkins Mine while a man in the background is using surveying equipment near the base of a cliff face. |
| 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 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Charles H. Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, at the controls of a Chicago North Western Railroad steam engine as he starts his last run to Chicago afte... |
| Date: | 11 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Charles Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, is shown with his crew members before his last round-trip to Chicago. He is retiring after 41 years with the Chicago Nort... |
| Date: | 12 14 1947 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of Leslie L. Lamb family on the occasion of the Lamb's 50th wedding anniversary. Portrait includes Leslie L. and Jennie Lamb, their sons Le... |
| Date: | 04 01 1948 |
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| Description: | A portrait of Charles F. Kirwin taken on his 83rd birthday. He was employed by the Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul & Pacific Railroad for 56 years. |
| Date: | 06 24 1948 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Freedom Train, on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. The Freed... |
| Date: | 01 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad yard, with engines and cars on some of the tracks. Smoke is billowing out from many of the engines, covering much of the yard. Bu... |
| Date: | 12 08 1948 |
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| Description: | Roundy's Fun Fund and the Milwaukee Road provided forty children from the remedial department of the Madison public schools with their first train ride to ... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A train carries McCormick-Deering harvester-threshers (combines) bouind for North Dakota farms. A sign on the train reads: "McCormick-Deering Harvester-Thr... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | Engineer and fireman on a train carrying International Harvester binder twine ("a trainload of twine") to Lincoln, Nebraska. Original caption reads: "Engin... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | A man hangs on to the side of a train from a ladder and waves his hand. Original caption reads: "Giving his engineer the 'highball' upon arrival of the 25-... |
| Date: | 06 16 1949 |
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| Description: | Bishop William P. O'Connor of the Madison Catholic diocese as he boards a Chicago-bound train on the first leg of his trip to Rome, where he will report to... |
| Date: | 1941 |
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| Description: | Men unloading trucks at the Railway Express Agency terminal at 11th Avenue and 42nd Street. The original caption reads: "Railway Express Agency terminal at... |
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