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Milwaukee-Downer College-Wisconsin

Date: 1927
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...
Postcard

Williams Bay Depot

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Description: Elevated view of passengers arriving on the Chicago & Northwestern Railroad train at the Williams Bay station. Many automobiles are parked near the depot, ...
Photograph

Zephyr Locomotive

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Description: The diesel-powered Zephyr passenger train of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad on the tracks at the depot. The Zephyr was introduced at the Chicago...
Photograph

Railroad Repair Work

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Description: Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine.
Drawing

Wisconsin Centennial Postage Stamp Design

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Description: Design for Wisconsin Centennial 3 cent postage stamp with an agriculture and industries theme.
Photograph

Draftees Leaving Madison

Date: 05 25 1918
Description: A crowd watching as drafted men leave Madison via the Chicago Northwestern railroad station.
Photograph

Railroad Crossing with Rubber Paving

Date: 1925
Description: View of the railroad crossing where rubber paving was used for the first time in the United States. Caption at top reads: "First Rubber Crossing in U.S. S....
Photograph

Flatcars at Madison-Kipp Corporation

Date: 11 20 1945
Description: Madison-Kipp Corporation, 201 Waubesa Street, beside the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad tracks. Shown are three loaded flatcars on a si...
Postcard

Wisconsin Avenue's Court of Honor

Date: 1943
Description: Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue, looking east from Court of Honor. Caption reads: "Court of Honor, Looking East, Milwaukee, Wisconsin."
Photograph

Miller Electric Manufacturing Company

Date: 1961
Description: Aerial view of the Miller Electic Manufacturing Co. and surrounding area.
Photograph

West Milwaukee Railroad

Date: 1940
Description: Elevated view of West Milwaukee shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul railroad. Railroad train cars are stopped on the tracks and smoke is rising fr...
Photograph

Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul West Madison Station

Date: 1918
Description: The West Madison Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul railroad station, with train cars on the tracks.
Photograph

International Moving Truck with Trailer

Date: 1950
Description: A man drives an International L-180 truck outfitted with a North American Van Lines Inc. trailer down a road next to a railroad track. Train cars, a buildi...
Photograph

Railroad Depot

Date: 07 27 1938
Description: View across road of a row of men and women standing beside a rail car powered with an International PA-100 power unit. To the right of the car is another t...
Photograph

Soldiers Returning Home

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Description: Elevated view of a large crowd gathered to welcome the 1st Regiment home from the Spanish-American war.
Photograph

Elevated Town View

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Description: Elevated view of city, including miners' homes set in the hills, and in the foreground railroad tracks and numerous cars parked along the street in front o...
Photograph

Street Scene

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Description: Street lined with storefronts, horse-drawn carts and pedestrians. Electric lines hang over the street. Sign in window reads: "J.B. Thompson Lawyer."
Photograph

Business Section and Manhattan Hotel

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Description: Elevated view of the business section of town with the Manhattan Hotel and railroad station.
Photograph

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.
Photograph

Atlantic Coastline Railroad Station

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Description: The Atlantic Coastline Railroad Station was formed on July 18, 1898 as a consolidation of the Wilmington, Columbia and Augusta Railroad and Northeastern Ra...

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