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Locomotive Artifacts

Date: 03 29 1958
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...
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Milwaukee Road Service Club Party

Date: 12 02 1945
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club family party at E.R.A. Hall, with seven male officers in line being served food by three women, with a small boy looking on.
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Train Cars Decorated for University of Wisconsin Clubs

Date: 1896
Description: Young man posing on train tracks in front of two passenger cars decorated with banners for the University of Wisconsin Glee, Banjo, and Mandolin Club.
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Milwaukee Road Service Club

Date: 01 25 1947
Description: Milwaukee Road Service Club officers greeting superintendent at party given at Nakoma Country Club, with Milwaukee Road Service Club sign and banner and Va...
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Railroad Women's Clubs Party

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Four women who attended the dessert bridge party given by the Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club for the Northwestern Railroad Women's Club at Manchester's Ma...
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Benefit Association of Railway Employees

Date: 10 04 1949
Description: Five members of the Madison Division No. 32 of the Benefit Association of Railway Employees, who were awarded gold buttons for having been in the associati...
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Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Woman's Club

Date: 09 25 1952
Description: Group portrait of the guests of honor at the annual fall luncheon of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Woman's Club. The guests of honor were eleven ch...
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Men Standing on Manure Pile in Railroad Yard

Date: 1918
Description: Men hold a sign that says "Car No. 1 Manure Secured by Y.M.C.A. for Eighth Ward War Gardens" while standing on top of a manure pile in a railroad yard.
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Chicago and North Western Railroad Women's Club

Date: 04 22 1957
Description: Members of area Chicago and North Western Railroad Women's Clubs gather in Madison. The women include Mrs. Arthur Rowbottom, Monica Gordon, Mrs. Claude Tho...
Map or Atlas

Lake, River, and Forest Recion [sic] of Sawyer County, Wisconsin : The Summer Playground of the Middle West

Date: 1925
Description: This 1925 map of the northern portion of Sawyer County, Wisconsin, shows the township and range system, sections, roads, railroads, and lakes and streams i...
Map or Atlas

Map of the Madison Lakes and their Outlet

Date: 1899
Description: These two maps of Madison and the Four Lakes region show the site of the Teachers Country Club on Lake Monona, the lakes and the Catfish or Yahara River, f...
Map or Atlas

Eau Claire County Road Map

Date: 1915
Description: Shows land ownership, roads, railroads, and highways. Includes significant manuscript annotations and table of Wisconsin Highway Commission members. "The r...
Map or Atlas

Greetings from Madison, Wisconsin

Date: 1928
Description: Illustrated map of points of interest, including University buildings, parks, athletic venues, fraternity and sorority houses, and state buildings.
Map or Atlas

Map of Lake Geneva and Delavan Lake

Date: 1902
Description: A map of Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan, also including Lake Como.
Map or Atlas

Map of Lake Geneva and Delavan Lake

Date: 1907
Description: A map of Lake Geneva and Lake Delavan, including Lake Como.
Map or Atlas

Madison and the Four Lakes Region

Date: 04 1905
Description: Map of the Madison, Wisconsin region showing the four major lakes, starting in the north with Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Waubesa, and Lake Kegonsa. La...
Map or Atlas

Madison, the Four Lake City, Wisconsin : Map of the City of Madison.

Date: 1951
Description: This map shows streets, railroads, Lake Mendota, Lake Monona, Lake Wingra, golf courses, parks, Truax Field, and country clubs. Also included are street, c...
Map or Atlas

Bird's-Eye View of Lake Geneva

Date: 1909
Description: Bird's-eye view of Lake Geneva from the south extending to Waukesha and Milwaukee in the north. Delavan Lake and Lake Como are identified. Several electric...
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Waukesha Depot Historic Marker

Date: 05 24 1952
Description: The Wisconsin School for Boys Band, under the direction of Arnold Krueger, provided the musical entertainment for the dedication ceremony of the Waukesha D...
Newspaper Article/Clipping

Wisconsin Central Railroad Historic Marker

Date: 10 03 1955
Description: Dr. Clifford L. Lord (second from left), director of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, unveiled the Wisconsin Central Railroad historical marker at H...

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