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Milwaukee Railroad Employees

Date: 07 21 1884
Description: Group portrait of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railway employees taken outside the railroad's Milwaukee shop. Most of the men appear to be blue collar wor...
Postcard

Scene in Railroad Yards

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Description: Photographic postcard of the railroad yards. Elevated view of railroad tracks and switch-yard, with steam rising behind a brick building on the left. Railr...
Postcard

Scene in Adams

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Description: Photographic postcard of railroad yards. View of railroad tracks and buildings in the distance. A coal tipple is visible in the far left background.
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Flatcars Loaded with Lumber in Front of a Factory

Date: 12 22 1906
Description: Six flat cars loaded with lumber are lined up behind a locomotive in a factory rail yard, probably at the McCormick Works. In the background is a large fac...
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Depot and Yards

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Description: View towards depot of a train pulling up to the platform. A group of men are on the far left behind the depot. Metal parts, firewood and wooden crates are ...
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Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul RR Water Tank

Date: 1909
Description: View over railroad tracks towards the railroad water tank.
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Railroads — I-4

Date: 1950
Description: Subject: "Railroads — I-4." Where Taken: "NE." Information with photograph reads: "I-4 owned by Boston & Maine Railroad, Boston, Mass. Used with Anderson p...
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 10 16 1907
Description: Railroad yard, with railroad cars on the right, and a fence and brick factory building on the left.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 10 16 1907
Description: Elevated view of a railroad yard. One set of tracks curves to the left into a brick factory building. On the right are railroad cars.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 10 15 1907
Description: Railroad yard, with railroad cars on the left, and a fence and brick factory building on the right.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 02 13 1908
Description: A railroad car is on railroad tracks under a roof alongside a brick factory building.
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Railroad Yard at McCormick Works

Date: 02 13 1908
Description: View across railroad tracks towards railroad cars under a roof alongside a brick factory building.
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Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View towards multiple sets of railroad tracks running between buildings. Three men are standing next to a large brick building on the left, and another man...
Photograph

Railroad Yard Behind Plant

Date: 09 27 1913
Description: View across railroad tracks towards commercial buildings along a street. There is a wooden sided railroad car on the tracks in the foreground. A sign on th...
Photograph

McCormick Works

Date: 11 09 1914
Description: View from elevated railroad tracks towards railroad yard, and newly constructed plant addition. Men are in the yard below. A tower on one of the buildings ...
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Snow Removal Operation in Railroad Yard

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Description: Men are working along the side of a brick building removing snow from against railroad cars.
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Snow Removal Operation in Railroad Yard

Date: 03 03 1916
Description: Slightly elevated view towards two men working near railroad cars and a brick building. One man is holding a shovel, and the other man is standing at the t...
Postcard

Chicago & North Western Depot

Date: 09 14 1912
Description: Text on front reads: "C. & N. W. Depot. Sheboygan, Wis." The Chicago & North Western railroad depot, built of brick in 1906. A train is stopped, pedestrian...

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