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Superdome Railroad Coach

Date: 1952
Description: Passengers seated on the upper level of a Milwaukee Railroad superdome coach.
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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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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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Governor Walter Goodland and Mrs. Goodland

Date: 07 31 1944
Description: Governor Walter Goodland and Mrs. Goodland board the train for the Republican Governors conference in St. Louis. The meeting was called by Thomas E. Dewey,...
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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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Vernon Thomson Family

Date: 08 15 1956
Description: Helen and Vernon Thomson and two of their children, Tommy, age 9, and Susan, 14, posing in front of the steps of a passenger train car. They are traveling ...
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."
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Kilbourn City

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Description: View down platform, with railroad cars on the left, towards the Kilbourn railroad station. A crowd is standing along the platform. On the right is a lawn a...
Postcard

Trolley Wreck

Date: 12 22 1906
Description: Text on front reads: "Trolley Wreck at Reedsville, Dec. 22, 1906." A streetcar has rolled onto its side, off of the tracks. Several people are looking at t...

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