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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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Crowd at Train Station

Date: 08 08 1914
Description: View from behind fence of large crowd of people getting off railroad cars. Men, women and children are standing on or near a dirt road near a railroad cros...
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Nash Cars at Governor Julius P. Heil's Inauguration

Date: 01 02 1939
Description: Four Nash automobiles at Chicago & Northwestern Railroad Station, 219 S. Blair Street, with Milwaukee Road passenger car in the background. The occasion i...
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Troops Leaving Menomonie

Date: 07 16 1918
Description: Elevated view of the departure of the drafted soldiers at the Menomonie railroad station, with a crowd present to see them off.
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Babcock Train Depot

Date: 1910
Description: View towards platform of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway depot.
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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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Depot and Train — Belleville

Date: 1922
Description: View down railroad tracks of the Belleville train depot. A group of people on the platform approach the train.
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Depot and Train

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Description: View from a distance of the train depot. On the left a locomotive is parked along the train platform where a group of people are standing. In the center is...
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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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Depot and Train

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Description: A steaming train at the depot platform on a snowy day. A group stands at the platform.
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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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Depot and Train

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Description: View from side of railroad tracks of a train at the Boscobel Depot on a snowy day. A crowd of people waits at the platform. There is a windmill in the dist...
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Island Heights Railroad Station

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Description: A crowd of children and adults gathers on an elevated boardwalk outside Island Heights Railroad Station, built around 1883.
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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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Southern Pacific Railroad Station

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Description: View down railroad tracks of passengers arriving at Southern Pacific Railroad Station, built around 1880. Published by Lola B. Tomlinson.
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Depot and Yards

Date: 1920
Description: Two trains at the Lone Rock depot. The platform holds waiting passengers and carts.
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Depot and Train

Date: 1926
Description: View across road along railroad tracks of a train departing the Montfort depot. Two cars are parked at the depot, and a number of people are on the platfor...
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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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George Bush Campaign

Date: 10 31 1992
Description: "As the Bush campaign train rolled through Lomira around 12:45, onlookers hoping to catch a glimpse of President Bush had to settle for waves from Barbara ...
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Company D Leaving Hartford

Date: 08 17 1917
Description: Large crowd of people gathered at the train station to see off Company D of the 5th Wisconsin National Guard Infantry. The soldiers, some leaning out of th...

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