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Depot and Train

Date: 1920
Description: Several men pose while standing alongside a train at the Elroy depot.
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Union Railroad Depot

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Description: Colorized postcard of the Union Railroad depot. A railroad worker stands on the tracks, one man walks on the platform with his baggage and two men sit on a...
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Depot and Train

Date: 1925
Description: View down tracks towards a depot with an oncoming train arriving from the opposite direction. On the left side of the tracks opposite the depot is a shelte...
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Camp Petenwell Entrance

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Description: A man stands in the entrance archway to the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) Camp Petenwell.
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Camp Petenwell Workers and Trucks

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Description: Group of men posing in a field. There are two trucks parked behind the group, and axes are propped up in the foreground.
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Camp Petenwell CCC Men

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Description: Five men from the Civilian Conservation Corps Camp Petenwell stand together and smile for the camera. They are posed in front of a truck which is parked ne...
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Camp Petenwell CCC Men

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Description: Group of men posing in two rows in a field. The men sitting and crouching in the front row are wearing folded down rubber boots. The men standing behind th...
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Camp Petenwell CCC Barracks "Where We Sleep"

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Description: View down a long room with beds lined up in rows along the sides for Civilian Conservation Corps members at Camp Petenwell. There is a woodburning stove in...
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Cutting Ice

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Description: View from ice of men from the CCC group at Camp Petenwell cutting ice. Three men stand on the ice on the right. A steep bank surrounds the icy water. Men a...
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Steam Tractor

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Description: Side view of left side of steam tractor. A man holding either a pipe or an oil can is leaning on the back of the tractor just behind the seat. A dog sits o...
Photograph

Civilian Conservation Corps Truck

Date: 1941
Description: A man in a uniform stands beside a Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) truck. The photograph is annotated as: "The Gravy Boat." There is a building in the ba...
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Ice Cutters

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Description: A large group of ice cutters posing for a portrait. They are holding a variety of implements and are sitting and standing on blocks of ice. Fence and build...
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Camp Petenwell Labor Battalion

Date: 1936
Description: A group of Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) men working in a field. On a rough road are three trucks. Two of the trucks have large groups of men in them. ...
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Lumbermill Scene

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Description: Elevated view of a lumber mill. Piles of milled wood are in the foreground and on the right, with more stacks in the far background behind numerous small b...
Photograph

Lumber Mill Workers

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Description: Group portrait of men, a boy, and horses posed among piles of logs and lumber. A bicycle is in the foreground, and a steam engine is in the background.
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Sawmill in Necedah

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Description: Group of men working outdoors in the snow. Large logs are stacked and ready to be cut. There are two steam or coal-powered machines in the background runni...
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Train

Date: 1910
Description: Car number 557 of the Chicago Northwestern railroad at 7th Street. Eight train workers are standing on or around the train.
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Margaret Kocher and Richard Retzlaff

Date: 10 10 1978
Description: Margaret Kocher and Richard Retzlaff of Wonewoc posing in front of their 100-year-old barn. "People are always saying we should tear it down because it's t...
Postcard

Interior of a General Store

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Description: Interior view of a general store with canned goods on display on shelves along the wall in the background. Two men are standing behind the counter, and fou...
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Retiring Railroad Conductor

Date: 12 31 1957
Description: Patrick J. Donnelly (left) on his last day of work after serving as conductor with the North Western Railway for 52 years. K.M. Prenot (right), a brakeman ...

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