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| Description: | Harry Houdini in chains and ropes. He is tied to a wheel on a locomotive. |
| Date: | 1882 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of two men posing near the right side of locomotive no. 539 on another set of railroad tracks. The locomotive was built by the ... |
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| Description: | Probably Ernest Joseph Belisle (b. 1901), a singer who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. Helene is standing on the right. |
| Date: | 08 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Helene Stratman-Thomas and possibly Ernest Joseph Belisle. |
| Date: | 08 08 1946 |
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| Description: | Possibly Ernest Joseph Belisle, a singer who recorded for Helene Stratman-Thomas. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Actor John Wayne standing next to an International 1000B truck. He may be on the set of a production titled "Hellfighters." |
| Date: | 1922 |
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| Description: | Harry Houdini, the well-known escape artist, was born in Budapest, Hungary and raised in Appleton, Wisconsin. At the time of his immigration his name was s... |
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| Description: | Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ... |
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| Description: | Spencer Tracy poses on railroad tracks holding a hat. |
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| Description: | We were promised, we were told that candy came in stripes and boxes But some was stacked, like lost rewards, the chocolate-coated paradoxes |
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| Description: | Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe... |
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| Description: | Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe... |
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| Description: | Sid standing with a fishing pole in his backyard. He is wearing folded down hip waders and he has a cigar in his mouth. He is standing with his foot proppe... |
| Date: | 1897 |
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| Description: | Engineer Daniel Sage and fireman Omro B. Mills standing next to Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul Railway Engine No. 511. The locomotive was formerly No. 62... |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards engineer Louis Peterson standing in the gangway next to Engine No. 931. Another man is standing on the tracks near one of... |
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