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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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Unidentified Train Ticket Agents

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Description: Unidentified group of train ticket agents standing near train. Special excursion.
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Model at Train Station

Date: 08 13 1940
Description: Manchesters Department Store model, wearing fur jacket hat and purse, posing with the conductor who is holding her luggage on the steps of a passenger trai...
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James M. LaValle

Date: 06 10 1935
Description: James M. LaValle, Winona, Minn., posing next to a passenger car. Mr. LaValle had the most seniority in the Madison Division of the Chicago and Northwestern...
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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing dressing gown, stands in the doorway of a train and signs autographs for clamoring fans, with a train porter in uniform standing by.
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Railroad Employee Outing

Date: 08 26 1908
Description: Elevated view of the third annual outing of the employees of the Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company (TMERL) at Waukesha Beach.
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International PA-100 Powered Rail Car

Date: 1938
Description: Passengers look out the window aboard the Rapid City, Black Hills and Western Railroad of South Dakota. The rail car is powered by an International PA-100 ...
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Queen of America's Dairyland

Date: 10 20 1946
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...
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Bishop William P. O'Connor

Date: 06 16 1949
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...
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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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The Kinzua Viaduct

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Description: Elevated view of a train crossing the Kinzua Viaduct, a railroad trestle which spans a valley. The train appears to be parked, with one man posing on top o...
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Locomotive Pulling Group of People on Railroad Cars

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Description: View toward a large group of people posing on railroad cars and the locomotive on tracks. Caption reads: "Dummy Leaving Pertle Springs, MO." A man holding...
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Passenger Train at Russian Railroad Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people at a railroad platform near the "Imperial train" used by the Root Commission as they traveled through Russia.
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General Horwaeth and the Root Commission Train

Date: 06 1917
Description: Men standing near the Imperial train carrying members of the Root Commission at a railroad station. Original caption reads: "General Horwaeth, chief of Rus...
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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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Slumbercoach

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Description: Two women boarding the Slumbercoach car on a B&O Railroad passenger train. A Pullman porter carries two suitcases as a stewardess greets customers. ...
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Railroad Depot

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd boarding a passenger car at the railroad depot.
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Southern Pacific Depot

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Description: A crowd is gathered on railroad tracks near passenger cars outside Southern Pacific Depot, built in 1880. Published by S. Friedman.
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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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