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Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 1900
Description: View across railroad tracks towards passengers, a large group of men and one young girl, waiting on the platform at the train station for the train to arri...
Photograph

Noon Train

Date: 1906
Description: Eight men and one dog lean their heads outside of the windows of a passenger car caboose of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railway for a group portra...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Orphan Train Arrival

Date: 04 30 1909
Description: Newspaper clipping of prospective parents looking up at children in the windows of the orphan train. The caption reads: "The Arrival of the Babies."
Photograph

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Train with Locomotive

Date: 1870
Description: Slightly elevated view of a Chicago & Northwestern Railway train at a depot in an unidentified town. The railroad station is behind the train. On the right...
Postcard

Commuter Rail Car

Date: 
Description: Photographic postcard view of a commuter rail car stopped at the depot. A group of businessmen are standing on the left near the railroad tracks, and more ...
Postcard

Cameron House and C. M. & St. P. Passenger Station

Date: 1911
Description: View of the Cameron House hotel and the railroad platform. Caption reads: "Cameron House and C. M. & St. P. Passenger Station, La Crosse, Wis."
Postcard

Lake Mills Railroad Depot

Date: 1912
Description: View towards the Lake Mills Railroad Depot. A passenger train is on the tracks on the left. A light rail trolley is on the sharply curving tracks on the ri...
Postcard

Lake Waubesa Station, Edwards' Park

Date: 1907
Description: View of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger cars stopped behind a group of men and boys standing in the foreground. Caption reads: "Lake Waubesa Statio...
Postcard

C.M. & St. Paul Depot

Date: 1918
Description: View from road towards the Mayville train depot, with a passenger train on the left set of two railroad tracks. Caption reads: "C.M. & St. Paul Depot, Mayv...
Postcard

C.M. & St. P. Depot

Date: 
Description: View across street towards the C.M. & St. Paul Depot, with passenger trains on railroad tracks on both sides of the depot. There are pedestrians and a hors...
Photograph

Two Mary's Boarding a Train

Date: 1925
Description: Mary Livingston Griggs, her daughter Mary, and two unidentified women are preparing to board a train car. Young Mary is in the open train door, wearing a ...
Postcard

Marinette Booster Train

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Marinette Booster Train - 12 Coaches, Settlers Picnic, Wausaukee, Wis." Five passenger railroad coaches on the tracks, one has a bann...

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