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| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Ford truck of Madison plumber W.J. Hyland parked outdoors. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Railroad depot taken as part of a survey by the Wisconsin Power and Light Company to promote economic development by emphasizing available buildings and bu... |
| Date: | 05 23 1925 |
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| Description: | McCormick-Deering all-steel threshers loaded on railroad cars outside International Harvester's West Pullman Works (factory). The factory originally belong... |
| Date: | 06 13 1935 |
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| Description: | Conklin & Sons, Co., fuel and ice dealers, 24 West Mifflin Street, National Railroad Week window display. |
| 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: | 1930 |
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| Description: | Menu of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroads Hiawatha Line opened to show both the front and back cover. During the 1930s the Milwaukee ... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards the Chicago, Milwaukee, & Sault Sainte Marie Railway Depot. In the background on the right is the Star Restaurant. Capt... |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | [Lithography] by Poole Bros. Contains descriptive information. Short jaunts for busy people to nearby resorts in Illinois and Wisconsin. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Workers erecting a steam driven pile driver while others survey for the railroad extension from the village of Prairie du Sac to the dam site on the Wiscon... |
| Date: | 04 1911 |
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| Description: | Workmen pose on a steam-powered pile driver at work at the north end of the slough on the Wisconsin River. The railroad was extended from the village to th... |
| Date: | 08 15 1911 |
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| Description: | Dam site on the Wisconsin river, looking southwest along the unfinished narrow gauge railroad trestle. The coffer dam and two pile drivers are also visible... |
| Date: | 10 07 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the rising waters of the Wisconsin River at the construction site. This view shows the coffer dam, pile drivers, and narrow gauge railroad... |
| Date: | 10 11 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of high water on the Wisconsin River which has inundated the coffer dam at the construction site. The narrow gauge railroad (curved line in f... |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A cotton bale sits on a platform next to a train, possibly awaiting shipment. |
| Date: | 10 22 1937 |
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| Description: | An International truck used by the Seaboard Air Line Railway parked on a brick-paved street. A man is sitting in the cab. Commercial buildings, including t... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Front three-quarter view of an International KB-7 truck used to deliver coal by Evanston Fuel and Material Company. The truck is parked in front of railroa... |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Men from the Girdler Corporation use an International KB-6 truck with a 21-foot wheelbase and a Tulsa winch to load equipment pieces into a train car. |
| Date: | 1947 |
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| Description: | Left side view of an International Model KB-10 truck owned by Consumers Company and outfitted with a fuel oil tank. The text on the truck reads: "Better Fu... |
| Date: | 1949 |
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| Description: | An International KB-8 truck with a semitrailer for hauling ice. The truck is parked in a loading area near a warehouse building. The truck was owned by the... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| 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... |
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