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| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | Exterior shot of the Blue River depot. Five men are standing outside the building. There is a Wells Fargo cart on the platform. |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of passengers standing on the platform as a locomotive pulls into the depot. |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Passengers at the depot, awaiting the arrival of the train. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | At the De Pere depot, the first train operated by the Milwaukee & Northern Railway. This train made its first run to Green Bay on June 25, 1873, and this p... |
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| Description: | Colorized view of a crowd at the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul station. Caption reads: "C. M. & St. P. Depot Depot, Merrill, Wis." |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | An original colored lithograph advertising the Chemins de fer électriques de la Gruyèr railway in Switzerland. The poster features the artist Anton Reckzi... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the Blanchardville Depot. The two-story building is painted with the village's name. A locomotive is in front of the platform where a grou... |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a train arriving at the Brooklyn depot. A man in a suit with a briefcase stands on the platform. Standing near the tracks by t... |
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| Description: | The Browntown train depot. The depot offers Wells Fargo & Company Express delivery and Western Union telegraph service. There are two carts on the platform... |
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| Description: | Train departing the Chaseburg depot, with steam coming out of the smokestack. There are buildings along the tracks, and in the background is a bluff. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Train at Coon Valley depot. Several men stand on the platform. The depot has a water tank. There are advertisements for Pearl White Soap, the inter-state f... |
| Date: | 06 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of youth from Bethel Lutheran Church waiting at the train station. Fifty-five youth from Bethel were going to San Francisco to att... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | This colored map shows the entire state, along with counties in states bordering Wisconsin. There is a key to "Wisconsin Railroads," with initials identify... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Original caption reads: "Families leaving from colony -- Shown on platform at Matanuska village, where caught train for Seward. Otto Fisher family shown in... |
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