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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Turner House

Date: 1875
Description: Slightly elevated group portrait of men and women gathered around the Turner House, which was erected by John Turner to house railroad men and construction...
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Kilbourn Railroad Station

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Description: Kilbourn railroad station and train, with several men standing on the platform.
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Observation Platform of Train at Kilbourn Station

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Description: Group of people posing on the observation platform of a train at the Kilbourn station. There is a water tower on the left.
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Unidentified Train Ticket Agents

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Description: Unidentified group of train ticket agents standing near train. Special excursion.
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Kilbourn Railroad Depot

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Description: Kilbourn railroad depot, train, passengers and crew.
Print

Wisconsin Railroad Car

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Description: "The Wisconsin," a passenger car of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad. This color illustration is from a dismantled scrapbook.
Postcard

Chippewa Falls, Wis. General View, from South Side of River

Date: 1910
Description: Chippewa Falls from the south side of the river below the falls. Includes the Sheely House Tavern, railway buildings, box cars, a train with five passenger...
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Leo Capser at Ashland Depot

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Description: Leo Capser standing in front of passenger train at the Ashland Depot.
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Lyle T. Beggs

Date: 08 26 1948
Description: Lyle T. Beggs, standing on the steps of a Milwaukee Road train, as he is about to leave for VFW camp where he is expected to be elected national commander ...
Drawing

The First Passenger Train in Michigan

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Description: Locomotive with coal car and one passenger car passing through rural landscape. People wave from a log cabin and a horse-drawn vehicle in the background an...
Poster

First Steam Passenger Train

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Description: Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
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Santa Fe Demonstration Train

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Description: View of the Santa Fe demonstration train traveling through the countryside. A sign on the train reads: "A.T. & S.F." "3009" and "048." Caption reads: "Sant...
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Tanana Valley Railroad

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Description: Several men and a child stand near a train equipped with a snow plow. A passenger car sits nearby, and three men, possibly railroad employees, stand on the...
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Tanana Mine Railway

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Description: View of the Tanana Mine Railway train parked in a wooded area. Text on what appears to be a passenger car reads: "T.M.W." Caption reads: "Fairbanks, Alaska...
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German Prisoners Working on the Trans-Siberian Railway

Date: 1917
Description: German prisoners around a train car at a Russian railroad station. One of the men is on crutches. The original caption reads: "German prisoners at work on ...
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Group of People Gathered Beside Train

Date: 1917
Description: Group of men, with a few women and children, gathered around a passenger train on a stop of the Union Pacific Nebraska Preparedness Special Campaign.
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Children and Adults Gathered near Passenger Car

Date: 1917
Description: Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor o...
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Depot — Black Earth

Date: 1922
Description: View of the train depot. A train is stopped at the depot. An automobile is parked on the left. A train conductor and a man stand at the outside.
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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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