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Armstrong Creek Railroad Tracks

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Description: A view of the Soo Line Depot and railroad tracks running through the town at Armstrong Creek. A man, child, and a dog are walking on the railroad tracks.
Photograph

The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and Portage Railroad

Date: 1875
Description: Winter scene with three men and a dog on railroad tracks, also a man in the far background. Two of the men are up on the snowbanks with shovels. "The Grand...
Print

Railroad Mail Delivery

Date: 1876
Description: Railroad advertising card showing a mail carrier on horseback on a plank road in 1776, and mail being delivered by train in 1876. A woman with two children...
Poster

The Flight of the Fast Mail Travel Poster

Date: 1875
Description: Colored print containing two images advertising the delivery of mail. The main image is of the large Michigan and Southern train labeled "The Fast Mail" de...
Photograph

The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and Portage Railroad - Anaglyph

Date: 1875
Description: Winter scene with three men and a dog on railroad tracks, also a man in the far background. Two of the men are up on the snowbanks with shovels. "The Grand...
Document

La Crosse & Milwaukee Rail Road Company Stock Certificate

Date: 1857
Description: Engraved document certifying that D. Henry Rockwell of Oconomowoc is entitled to one share of the La Crosse and Milwaukee Rail Road Company worth one hundr...
Photograph

Man Driving Team of Two Horses

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Description: A man and his dog are sitting on a cart pulled by two horses at a rural intersection on a muddy road. There is a corner of a building with a billboard on t...

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