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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Color chromolithograph poster advertising the Wisconsin State Fair. |
| Date: | 04 07 1933 |
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| Description: | Schlitz train and group of revelers, celebrating the end of prohibition in Milwaukee. Schlitz Engine #8027 departs to deliver the first Schlitz beer at 12:... |
| Date: | 03 29 1958 |
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| Description: | A young boy rings a locomotive bell. Other artifacts of locomotive history are on the table before him with members of the Milwaukee chapter of the Nationa... |
| Date: | 1927 |
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| Description: | Color map, hand-drawn with comic figures engaged in various activities throughout map. Bordered by the river on the left and Lake Michigan on the right, in... |
| Date: | 1933 |
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| Description: | Pass issued by the Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company for the week of December 17-23, 1933. |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad locomotive #1100, a class I engine, built by the Baldwin Locomotive Works in 1873 and originally numbered #199. Th... |
| Date: | 10 30 1989 |
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| Description: | Tommy G. Thompson, governor of Wisconsin and an enthusiastic member of the Amtrak governing board, salutes the expansion of Hiawatha service between Chicag... |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Road freight car repair shop at 3301 West Canal Street. |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Road sheetmetal shop, formerly formerly known as the car paint and repair shop, located at 3301 West Canal Street. |
| Date: | 10 1983 |
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| Description: | The Milwaukee Road Shops interior sheetmetal shop, formerly the car paint and repair shop, at 3301 West Canal Street. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man (maybe a railroad worker or a tramp) standing along a railroad track next to a small cooking fire. Railroad cars are in the background. |
| Date: | 1905 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks toward the buildings of the North Western railroad depot. A man is standing on the platform. Caption reads: "Northwestern Depot... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad depot. Caption reads: "C.M. & St. P. Depot, Wauwatosa, Wis." |
| Date: | 10 30 1944 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railway depot. A number of pedestrians are waiting for the train. |
| Date: | 1908 |
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| Description: | Colored map in perspective indicates railroad routes. Lake Winnebago and Oshkosh in center, area extends to Shawano (top right corner), Green Bay (bottom r... |
| Date: | 05 30 1914 |
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| Description: | Juneau Park looking north from approximately E. Mason Street, with the Chicago and North Western railroad tracks on the right. The Lake Michigan shoreline ... |
| Date: | 03 09 1927 |
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| Description: | A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory). |
| Date: | 03 02 1956 |
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| Description: | A seamless pipe fitting sits atop a railroad car, ready to be shipped. Later purchased and used by Elmes & Kings. Original Falk caption reads: "14' high-78... |
| 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: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Located in West Milwaukee. View from atop a building of a large building located in the center, next to a smokestack. In the foreground is part of a round... |
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