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| Date: | 11 02 1918 |
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| Description: | Residential building site near railroad tracks, looking west. Several houses are under construction. Benham was a "company town" created by International H... |
| Date: | 11 12 1936 |
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| Description: | Chicago & Northwestern Railroad tracks, looking east at the crossing of S. Blair Street, King Street, E. Wilson Street, and Williamson Street. Included in ... |
| Date: | 01 19 1916 |
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| Description: | Two men demonstrate the "old way" of hauling using a push cart loaded with 2,200 pounds. The men are likely factory workers at Osborne Works (also known as... |
| Date: | 01 13 1916 |
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| Description: | Factory working demonstrating the "new way" of hauling by pulling carts loaded with 16,000 pounds of parts using a shop mule. The man is most likely a work... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the factory surrounded by fields, roads, and several houses, as well as the railroad tracks that go around the building. Caption reads: "Wes... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Looking south. Bridge in foreground is over Kinnickinnic River. Bridge over the road holds railroad tracks. In background are several houses and a build... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Part of the Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway. Small station, at the bottom of a hill. Behind the station on top of the hill is a line of houses. |
| Date: | 1904 |
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| 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 ... |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Merchants & Manufacturers Special Train. A steam engine with several cars stretching to the horizon is sitting on the tracks in front of a pl... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Jones Island, with some houses near the water and an industrial area across the river. On the right are a number of railroad tracks next t... |
| Date: | 10 28 1938 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of bay shoreline, with dwellings along the bank. A few boats are in the river. In the background is a factory with a smokestack and railroad ... |
| Date: | 1945 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of married student housing located next to the baseball field near Camp Randall stadium and the Field House. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | A distant view of Madero Lumber Company. There are houses and other residential buildings in the foreground, and the lumber works in the background. In the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | Tremont Railway Station showing traintracks, large houses on the bordering street, a car in the roadway and a small booth in the distance. |
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| Description: | Railway tracks along a residential roadway. A car is parked by the road and a few people stand around the area near a small store. |
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| Description: | An elevated view of Frisco roundhouse and freight yards, a train yard where many cars and a few locomotives are parked. Painted on the side of many of the ... |
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| Description: | Rutted, dirt road running along railroad tracks toward a small wooden building. In the far background is a cluster of houses. |
| Date: | 1918 |
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| Description: | Street view of the north side of State Street, west of 6th Street. The second frame house from the right was once occupied as an office by Victor L. Berger... |
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| Description: | Elevated view over railroads tracks of Canadian ship with cargo of wood pulp. Sulphide bales are being unloaded and there are several men on the ship. In t... |
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| Description: | East Prussian refugees whose homes had been burned by Russian troops and who are living in railroad cars. |
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