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| Date: | 03 03 1980 |
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| Description: | Congressman David R. Obey of Wisconsin riding on the underground train that connects the Capitol with the legislative office buildings. A man in work cloth... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Two trains at the Lone Rock depot. The platform holds waiting passengers and carts. |
| Date: | 1926 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 15 1956 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 08 19 1956 |
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| Description: | Glenn Wise (right) shaking hands and saying goodbye to two of her friends who are standing up on the step of a railroad passenger car. They are (left) Mari... |
| Date: | 1948 |
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| Description: | Drawing of a passenger train approaching a small town where two teams of horses on a plank road appear to be startled by the noise of the locomotive. One t... |
| Date: | 10 31 1992 |
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| 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 ... |
| Date: | 08 30 1957 |
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| Description: | While standing on the steps of a passenger car, North Western Railway conductor C.R. Odekirk is preparing for his final run on the Dakota 400. He is retiri... |
| Date: | 1901 |
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| Description: | Front cover and first page of a menu from a railroad dining car, with a woman in long robes carrying a tray with a steaming dish of food. A border of fruit... |
| Date: | 08 17 1917 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 11 06 1920 |
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| Description: | Interior of dinner menu for Special Train enroute from St. Louis, Missouri, to Brownsville, Texas, with an oval portrait of President-Elect Warren G. Hardi... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of the depot and train with passengers on the platform. A large windmill is in the background. Caption reads: "C. M. & St. P. De... |
| Date: | 07 22 1907 |
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| Description: | Caption on bottom right reads: "Wash Out on H.&N.E RY. July 22, 07." View down three sets of damaged railroad tracks towards men standing near a passenger ... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1906 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 04 30 1909 |
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| 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." |
| Date: | 12 05 1964 |
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| Description: | The Santa Express Train went from Madison to Stoughton and back, with 6,000 children. This view shows some of the enthusiastic parents going along. The man... |
| Date: | 12 05 1964 |
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| Description: | The Santa Express Train took 6,000 children from Madison to Stoughton and back. Shown greeting Santa is Scott Cameron (with freckles) in center, with othe... |
| Date: | 12 05 1964 |
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| Description: | Santa Claus is shown in the aisle of the Santa Express Train shaking many hands extended in this double decker train car, one of eight cars from the Milwau... |
| Date: | 12 05 1964 |
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| Description: | View of a child sitting in a seat, who is one of 6,000 children riding the Santa Express Train from Madison to Stoughton and back, is shown being greeted b... |
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