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| Description: | Ladders extend into the quarry at Wisconsin Granite Company, and factory buildings and towers can be seen above. Three men stand near a railroad car at the... |
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| Description: | View of a woman taking a photograph from Lookout Cliff at Devil's Lake. Below, a train runs through a field surrounded by trees. |
| Date: | 02 26 1915 |
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| Description: | A brass band led by W.F. Casey, standing at left, welcomes four Alabama Crop Diversification Campaign speakers at a train depot. A train and several buildi... |
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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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| Description: | View of the aftermath of a train wreck that left one locomotive on top of another. A small group of men stand in the snow along the tracks near the wreck. ... |
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| Description: | Advertisement for a train trip to Devil's Lake. The trip originates in Elgin, Illinios, with pick-ups in East Elgin, Dundee, Carpenterville and Algonquin. ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Cattle graze in a feed lot at an International Harvester demonstration farm. Snow lies on the ground and a farmhouse, barn, and other buildings appear in t... |
| Date: | 07 22 1923 |
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| Description: | A woman and child feed a flock of chickens from a bucket while standing outside a shed. A young boy sits near the farmhouse, and a train on railroad tracks... |
| Date: | 06 21 1900 |
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| Description: | A crowd of men gather around a wrecked Chicago and North-Western train. |
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| Description: | Men pose around the remains of runaway train Engine No. 80 after it crashed and the boiler exploded on the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway. |
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| Description: | A collision of a freight train with an excursion train on the Chicago and North Western Railway, resulting in six deaths and at least 46 people injured. |
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| Description: | View of locomotive engine no. 518 on the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Two men are posing on the train. |
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| Description: | Engine no. 4076A of a Chicago and North Western train. |
| Date: | 1866 |
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| 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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| Description: | Several men are posing with train No. 5, engine No. 8. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View of a stump as it's being blown up with explosives in a field on a farm. In the background is a train. |
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| Description: | Four men pose next to a locomotive, which has a hole in its side due to an explosion. |
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| Description: | A group of men are standing next to the Badger Milk Train, which was part of the Sauk County Milk for Peace program. As the sign behind them notes, this pr... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Bird-eye view of factory buildings at International Harvester's Akron Works. |
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