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| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | A cotton bale sits on a platform next to a train, possibly awaiting shipment. |
| Date: | 03 09 1927 |
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| Description: | A train carrying tractors stopped on its way from Milwaukee Works (factory). |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | This is a collection of three hand-colored plat maps. One map is a plat plan and includes annotations and an index that shows public land, business, indust... |
| Date: | 10 27 1923 |
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| Description: | A driver sits in an International Model G or 61 truck fitted with railway gears and wheels for the Ozark-Southern Railway Company. |
| Date: | 02 28 1923 |
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| Description: | A man stands at a small, run-down station while another man sits in an International Model G or 61 truck that has been rigged with railway gears, wheels an... |
| Date: | 11 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Charles H. Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, at the controls of a Chicago North Western Railroad steam engine as he starts his last run to Chicago afte... |
| Date: | 11 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Charles Thiede, 2218 Rusk Street, is shown with his crew members before his last round-trip to Chicago. He is retiring after 41 years with the Chicago Nort... |
| Date: | 1997 |
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| Description: | Black River State Forest, two miles south of US 54 in the Jackson County Forest. The sand track in the foreground is the grade of the old narrow gauge rail... |
| Date: | 01 11 1948 |
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| Description: | The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou... |
| 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: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Several men are loading boxes and pallets from International Harvester's Tractor Works onto a train. |
| 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... |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | Located in West Milwaukee. Trains, cars, tracks, and railroad buildings. The view is taken from the top of a building. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | West Milwaukee. Elevated view of tracks, trains, and buildings. A train roundhouse is located in the background. |
| Date: | 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Wisconsin Avenue, looking east from Court of Honor. Caption reads: "Court of Honor, Looking East, Milwaukee, Wisconsin." |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Wells Street Viaduct. Caption reads: "Wells Street Viaduct, Milwaukee." |
| Date: | 10 07 1948 |
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| Description: | People involved in the Earl Warren United States vice-presidential campaign standing in front of the campaign train shortly after its arrival at the railro... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of the Miller Electic Manufacturing Co. and surrounding area. |
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