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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Men on Railroad Tracks

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Description: Panoramic view of group of men, boys, and girls lined up along railroad tracks, posing sitting and standing on and near two trains. There is a brick buildi...
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Men Working on Tipped Train Cars

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Description: A panoramic view of many men gathered on the railroad tracks on an embankment, working to up-right train cars that have tipped over. On the right is a loco...
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York Iron Works

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Description: View down hill of York Iron Works. On the left are charcoal kilns, and in the far background is the town.
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York Iron Works

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Description: York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace. On the hill is the boardinghouse and the dance hall. A man is working near the railroad cars, and other p...
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York Iron Works

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Description: Elevated view of York Iron Works with a view of the blast furnace and pig iron stock piles. The boardinghouse is visible on the hill in the far background.
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Winter Scene of a Small Town

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Description: Exterior view of snow-covered wooden buildings. Stacks of wood and a railroad track crossing is in the foreground.
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At Depot, Stockyard across Tracks

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Description: A Native American man is in the foreground, and three Native American women and two Native American children are standing on the wooden boardwalk near the ...
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with a railway track with a train and other machinery. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek a...
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Reconstruction of Town Creek

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with men working by a railway track with sand haulers, and a brick viaduct. Location identified as the fill and reconstru...
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Sand Hauler Wreckage

Date: 1911
Description: View towards a construction site, with wreckage, and men working on the wreckage. Location identified as the fill and reconstruction of Town Creek after th...
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Train Travelers

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Description: Portrait of a group of men, women, and a child on a railroad platform. Railroad cars are in the background.
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Train Derailment

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards a large group of people standing near the wreck of a train. Railroad cars have fallen over to the left of the tracks. Two...
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Derailed Locomotive

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Description: View down railroad tracks towards the front of a locomotive tipped sideways on the set of railroad tracks on the right. On the left set of railroad tracks ...
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Unidentified Railroad Platform

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Description: View down railroad platform towards men waiting near a power line on the left. Railroad tracks stretch from the platform and curve off to the right near a ...
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Three Wagons by a Boxcar

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Description: View towards three horse-drawn wagons to the right of a railroad boxcar.
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Train at a Depot

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Description: View down platform towards a train at a depot, with several people on the wooden platform.
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Locomotives in a Train Yard

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Description: View down center of railroad tracks towards a train yard, showing several trains with locomotives. A man is standing near a building on the right has a sig...
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J.T. Case Train

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Description: View across open ground towards a group of men and boys moving towards a train. The train is identified as the train for J.T. Case.
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Cows on a Railroad Track

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Description: Two cows are walking down railroad tracks. A man is standing on the road on the right near a small building, looking towards buildings in the distance.

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