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Car Train Crash

Date: 03 26 1963
Description: Daniel Coffey, an Ohio Chemical Company employee, suffered internal head and chest injuries and a fractured right leg when his 1957 Chevrolet was demolishe...
Historical Object

Paul Vanderbilt Pairing 102

Date: 
Description: He was taught restraint and patriotic fiction,
letting automation by
to wipe the chimneys clean of issues
and make horizons in the sky
Photograph

Lakeside Street

Date: 1925
Description: View across street looking west towards the north side of West Lakeside Street. Three known businesses are the South Side State Bank (3rd from the left), U...
Photograph

Chicago and North Western Railroad Station

Date: 1926
Description: Exterior view of the South Madison Chicago and North Western Railroad Station located next to the railroad tracks that cross Lakeside Street. In the foregr...
Photograph

Lake Monona Parking

Date: 03 28 1959
Description: Elevated view of a parking lot along John Nolen Drive on the shore of a partially frozen Lake Monona. Railroad tracks are in the foreground on the right.
Photograph

East Wilson Street View

Date: 04 03 2012
Description: View down East Wilson Street across the railroad tracks towards condominiums and businesses on the 400 block, including the Cardinal Bar & Cafe at 418 East...
Map or Atlas

City of Madison : Proposed Change on Official Map

Date: 1968
Description: This blue line print map shows proposed changes reserving railroad right-of-ways for future highways, land plots, as well as Lake Monona and Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Glee, Banjo and Mandolin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: View across railroad tracks towards a group of glee, banjo and mandolin club members posing in front of a University of Wisconsin banner on the Chicago and...
Photograph

Historic Train Depot

Date: 02 27 2012
Description: The Historic Train Depot at 640 West Washington Avenue, formerly the site of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul West Madison Station. There is a train parke...
Photograph

Skyline Across Monona Bay

Date: 08 2013
Description: View from shoreline of natural plants and trees towards the Madison skyline from across Monona Bay. A line of high-rise buildings frame the Wisconsin State...
Photograph

Bridge

Date: 09 2013
Description: Elevated view of University Avenue from a footbridge. The University of Wisconsin Foundation and a parking lot are on the opposite side of the avenue. A Ba...
Photograph

Another Look

Date: 09 2013
Description: View looking down through the branches of locust trees at railroad tracks that run along University Avenue.
Photograph

The Milwaukee Road

Date: 09 2013
Description: An old locomotive, marked as 35A, parked on railroad tracks. A chain link fence is on the left, and part of the old train depot is on the right, now servin...
Photograph

Lakeside Street

Date: 11 2013
Description: View from sidewalk down Lakeside Street towards a railroad crossing. Across the street beyond the railroad tracks are four buildings with cars parked in fr...
Photograph

Sid on Ladder of Box Car

Date: 
Description: Sid posing as a hobo, standing on a ladder on the back of a box car. He is wearing a wristwatch, and is looking over his left shoulder and carrying a bindl...
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: Railroad Crossing

Date: 
Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the railroad crossing on East Wilson Street, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the East Madison Chicago, Milw...
Photograph

Rephotographic Pair: Railroad Depot

Date: 
Description: A vintage view and a modern view of the train depot on West Washington Avenue, presented as a pair. The vintage view shows the West Madison Chicago, Milwau...
Photograph

Engine No. 511

Date: 1897
Description: Engineer Daniel Sage and fireman Omro B. Mills standing next to Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 511. The locomotive was formerly No. 62...
Photograph

West Washington Train Station

Date: 
Description: Steve Miller and Lisa Davis traverse the tracks at the West Washington Avenue train station.
Photograph

State Street from the 200 Block

Date: 05 1930
Description: View of heavy automobile traffic, delivery trucks and pedestrians on State Street, seen looking west from the 200 block. In the background is Bascom Hill, ...

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