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New Tanks for Fauerbach Brewing Co.

Date: 04 17 1934
Description: View across street towards two new tanks being delivered by the Heil Co. of Milwaukee on a Heil Company truck. The truck is parked in front of the Fauerbac...
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Racine Roundhouse

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Description: The locomotive "D.K. Bush," which was built in the Racine shops of the Western Union Railroad in 1879, the same year in which the line came into the posses...
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Tunnel at Tunnel City

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a group of construction workers posed near the east portal of the railroad tunnel near Tunnel City.
Postcard

John Street Bridge

Date: 1906
Description: Elevated view of the bridge, which is intersected by a railroad bridge. Caption reads: "John St. Bridge, Appleton, Wis. Largest stone arch bridge in Wiscon...
Postcard

Soo Line Depot

Date: 1907
Description: Caption reads: "Soo Line Depot, Ashland, Wis." It was built in 1890 of brownstone in the Richardson Romanesque style. Pedestrians stand on the platform of ...
Postcard

Exterior of Railway Passenger Station

Date: 1910
Description: Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passenger Station, which was at the end of Wisconsin Avenue. The station has a clock tower and an arched entrance. On the b...
Postcard

Chicago & Northwestern Railway Passenger Station

Date: 1904
Description: The station with the clock tower is on the right, and the tracks and train shed are on the left. Pedestrians are on the lawn nearby, and houses are on the ...
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: Elevated view of streets, stores, the Bank of Bisbee, and dwellings built into the hillside. Pedestrians, automobiles, and horse-drawn vehicles are visible...
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Men Stacking Bundles of Hennequen

Date: 1900
Description: Workers stacking bundles of hennequen or sisal near a building with arches in Yucatan, Mexico. The McCormick Company and its successor International Harves...
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Illinois Central Railroad Station

Date: 1910
Description: Exterior view of the Illinois Central Railroad Station, from a bridge crossing over the tracks, built in 1918.
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Topeka Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of Topeka Railroad Depot on the Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railway. To the left of the station stands the Wells Fargo & Company Express buil...
Photograph

Stamford Railroad Depot

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Description: Exterior view of Stamford Railroad Station, a building exemplifying Spanish architecture, constructed in 1908.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view over railroad tracks of York Iron Works. Probably the construction of the blast furnace.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works, with a group of men posed standing in front of the construction of the blast furnace.
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Rear View of Parked Truck

Date: 03 30 1912
Description: Rear view of the bed of an International(?) truck parked on a city street. In front of the truck is a block filled with storefronts. Streetcar tracks run a...
Drawing

Louisville and Portland Railroad

Date: 02 15 1830
Description: Increase Lapham's drawing of a railroad tunnel and railroad tracks.
Photograph

Semi-Centennial Arch

Date: 1898
Description: Decorated arch erected on State Street as part of the Semi-Centennial celebration of statehood. The arch bears a representation of Commodore Dewey's victor...
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Exterior of Dealership

Date: 1900
Description: Slightly elevated view of dealership building. Railroad tracks are in the foreground, along two sides of the building, near the loading docks of the factor...
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Brick Dealership Building

Date: 1900
Description: View across road and railroad tracks towards a brick dealership building. Railroad cars are parked along the loading dock. Along the top of the building is...

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