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| Description: | View towards a train hauling many flatbed cars of logs. There is an inset photograph of a person on top of a stack of logs on a sleigh being pulled by an o... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of central Mellen from across the railroad yard. A freight train with logs is on the tracks. |
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| Description: | View of factories along the Fox River. The building on the left has a sign painted on it that reads: "Valley Knitting Co." Caption reads: "Manufacturing Di... |
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| Description: | The depot at Menomonee Falls. Passengers are on the platform, and a train is on one set of the railroad tracks. Two men are near a handcar on the parallel ... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a railroad bridge spanning the Red Cedar River. Caption reads: "Red Cedar River Bridge, Menomonie, Wis." |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | An elevated view of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul train depot at Nashotah. A woman is standing on the wooden sidewalk at left, near a small shelter. ... |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Martintown train depot. A woman or girl is standing in front of the building. Caption reads: "Depot, Martintown, Wis." |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Scene at the Goodrich Boat Docks. Racine, Wisconsin." A passenger ship flying an American flag is docked at the Goodrich Transit Comp... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of railroad workers posing for a group portrait on the rails. Three men are standing on a handcar. They all are holding the implements they use in the... |
| Date: | 12 22 1906 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "View on Wisconsin River, Rhinelander, Wis." A trestle railroad bridge crosses turbulent water on the Wisconsin River. The rocky shore... |
| Date: | 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Read Cedar River, Rice Lake, Wis." and "Hand-Colored." A view down the railroad tracks, over a metal bridge spanning a river. In the ... |
| Date: | 06 06 1913 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "St. Scene Richfield Wis." An unpaved street runs between buildings, over railroad tracks. The wheel marks in the foreground suggest t... |
| Date: | 08 12 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "View of Rockfield, Wis." Elevated view of a small town, with buildings, dwellings and a log cabin . Railroad tracks are in the lower ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Horseshoe Curve At Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad track, with bridges over the Baraboo River, make a double curve in an el... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Upper Narrows, Rock Springs, Wis." A road and a railroad tracks run next to each other in an elevated view of the Upper Narrows. Text... |
| Date: | 04 15 1916 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Depot and Elevator, St. Cloud, Wis." A view up the railroad tracks with the station on the left and grain elevator on the right, with... |
| Date: | 07 26 1909 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "Tunnel No. 2, Norwalk, Wis." A locomotive is coming through a short tunnel, the sky can be seen on the other side. The entrance to th... |
| Date: | 08 20 1904 |
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| Description: | Handwriting on front reads: "1913 Lomira, Wis." A crowd of women and children waiting at a train station. |
| Date: | 02 1910 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "The Bucyrus Co., South Milwaukee, Wis." A factory and headquarters with railroad tracks on the left. From Wikipedia "Bucyrus-Erie was... |
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