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Railroad Station

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Description: Willimantic Railroad Station was built for the Air Line route between Boston and New York City. The New Haven, Middletown, and Willimantic Railroad Company...
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Railroad Station

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Description: Oyster Bay Railroad Station was built on June 25, 1889 in the Victorian style. It was accessible from the ends of Maxwell, Audrey, and Hamilton Avenues.
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Train Unloading Passengers

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people at the Monticello branch of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Station, added in 1889.
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Erie Railroad Station

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Description: The Callicoon Depot was constructed after the completion of the Erie Railroad Station in 1848. Caption reads: "Erie Depot, Callicoon, N.Y."
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International Great Northern Railroad

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Description: The passenger depot of the International Great Northern Railroad formed on September 30, 1873, by the consolidation of the International Railroad Company a...
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Union Railroad Station

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Description: Elevated view over multiple sets of tracks toward the Union Station. The station was built in 1914 and took up 850,000 square feet of land. Tens of thousan...
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Railroad Cars Filled with Iron Ore

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Description: Elevated view of railroad cars transporting iron ore from the Mesabi Iron Range, once important because of the discovery of hematite, and then for its larg...
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Railroad Tracks through Town

Date: 1910
Description: Elevated view of a train yard with six sets of railroad tracks and large wooden buildings. A nearby neighborhood is visible in the background. Caption read...
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Glenn Oil Field

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Description: Oil was first discovered at Glenn Pool, which can be seen here from Sapulpa, on November 22, 1905 by Robert Galbreath and Frank Chesley. The Glenn Pool has...
Postcard

Kiddie Train at the Vilas Park Zoo

Date: 1960
Description: Colorful locomotive pulling several cars full of children at the Vilas Park Zoo (Henry Vilas Zoo). Although referred to as the "Kiddie Train," the caption ...
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Locomotive Parked near Courthouse Square

Date: 1940
Description: Two men and a police officer stand beside the "Pioneer," an early Chicago and Northwestern Railroad locomotive which is parked beside the Sauk County Court...
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Workers on Strike

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Description: Workers on strike march with signs near a railroad crossing.
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Building Concrete Curb of Silo

Date: 1915
Description: View of the construction of the concrete curbs of pit silo, including a wooden form. On the left is a young girl looking out from behind a fence. In the fa...
Poster

Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner Factory

Date: 1901
Description: Lithographed poster depicting an elevated view of the Warder, Bushnell, and Glessner factory and surrounding area. Text in the upper left corner reads, "Ch...
Map or Atlas

Crawford County Map

Date: 1878
Description: Illustrated map of Crawford County. On the bottom right is an inset of a group of people near a train on a railroad track.
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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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Auditorium

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Description: View across intersection toward a brick auditorium building. A man sits on the steps of the main entrance while others walk on the sidewalk. Three men in c...
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City of Atlanta, GA No. 1

Date: 1866
Description: Elevated view of the ruins of the railroad roundhouse, with the city in the background. Men are posing on the train cars and engines.
Plate 45
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Birds-Eye View of Akron Works

Date: 1920
Description: Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works.
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Milwaukee Works Aerial View

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of International Harvester's Milwaukee Works.

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