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City of the First Lake, Wisconsin

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Description: Map of the City of the First Lake. Drawn by J. Judson, Greene & McGowran litho. Scale: 200 ft. to 1 inch. "Paper city located near Lake Kegonsa."
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View of Town

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Description: 1. Stone Astor Fur Co. building built in 1808. 2. Voth Cottage, built in 1930. 3. Brisbois mansion, built 1808, by Michael Brisbois. 4. Site of Hudson Bay ...
Postcard

New Auburn

Date: 1905
Description: Clockwise from upper left images include: Cutters Point, Long Lake, Wis.; M.E. Church, New Auburn, Wis.; Farmers Store, New Auburn, Wis.; Public School, Ne...
Photograph

Mississippi River

Date: 1931
Description: Mississippi River from the Brisbois Mansion. Left to right: Dousman House Hotel, railroad station, electrical plant smokestack, Diamond Jo warehouse, and a...
Photograph

Railroad Depot

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Description: Men approaching a train at the railroad depot carrying farm machinery from the J.I. Case Company.
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Grain Elevator near Railroad Depot

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Description: Grain elevator near the railroad station on the left, and a rock crusher on the right for crushing granite for street paving.
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Carter's Siding

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Description: Carter's Siding, a small railroad depot in "cutover" country, showing strong evidence of why formerly forested regions of northern Wisconsin were so named.
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Dewey Presidential Campaign Train

Date: 1944
Description: Governor Thomas E. Dewey of New York, the Republican Party presidential candidate aboard the campaign train, making a stop in Baraboo.
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Horse-Drawn Sleighs at Railroad Station

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Description: Loaded sleighs and wagons approaching the railroad station. Railroad cars are along the left.
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Men Unloading Boxes

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Description: Elevated view of men unloading boxes at the railroad station, probably strawberries and blueberries.
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Men Unloading Boxes

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Description: Elevated view of men unloading boxes at the railroad station, probably strawberries and blueberries.
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Train approaching Railroad Station

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Description: Train approaching railroad station crowded with people.
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Train approaching Railroad Station

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Description: Train approaching railroad station crowded with people and a band, possibly men coming or going from military service in World War I.
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Train at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd of people and a band meet a train, possibly troops leaving for World War I.
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Group of Women at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd of women at railroad station. People are getting on and off of the train.
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Speaker at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at station listening to a whistle-stop speaker at the railroad station, probably William McKinley.
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Speaker at Railroad Station

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Description: Crowd at railroad station listening to a whistle-stop speaker standing on the back of a caboose. Probably William McKinley.
Print

Cover of Piano Music "The Midnight Flyer"

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Description: Cover of piano music, showing a train at night with headlight on, titled "The Midnight Flyer," March Two-Step. Arranged by E.T. Paull.
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Train at Railroad Station

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Description: Train releasing steam at the railroad station.
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1967
Description: Railroad Depot. North Freedom is the home of the Mid-Continent Railway Museum which operates excursion tours on a steam railroad.

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