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| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja... |
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| Description: | Group of men repairing railroad track near Racine. |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | Winter scene with train crew shoveling snow off tracks of Madison-Portage Railroad. Stereo. "The Grand and Majestic Snowbanks on the Madison and Portage R... |
| Date: | 1872 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of a railroad crew on and around a handcar. A man and a young boy stand on the left near a track switch. In the background is a variety stor... |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a group of workers posing on the east bank of the Wisconsin River at the power dam construction site. One man is strumming his shovel like... |
| Date: | 01 13 1936 |
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| Description: | Three men loading pole supports into the back of an International truck owned by the Puget Sound Power and Light Company. In the foreground are railroad tr... |
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| Description: | Soon after the turn of the century, Joplin was named the lead and zinc capital of the world. A group of young men are shown mining underground. Caption rea... |
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| Description: | Men at a railroad station awaiting the arrival of a train in Fremont (later Pray). There is snow on the ground. Two men are standing on a hand-powered rail... |
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| Description: | An enormous log is secured on a flat rail car parked in a rail yard. Three men are making sure it is fastened properly. More logs are visible on rail cars ... |
| Date: | 1969 |
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| Description: | Paul Timm, Arno Timm and Stephen Timm work together sawing a log, which has full 16 foot boards and is 20 feet long. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad crew with the rock crusher. The train car is labeled '204430' and 'Burlington Route'. A steep hill rises behind... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Employees of Hess Cooperage quarter log sections for barrel-making. The man standing in the middle of the image is Joe Hess. |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks towards a group of men posing standing and sitting near a rock face and a track. Identified as probably the quarry connected to... |
| Date: | 10 13 1977 |
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| Description: | A man wearing a hardhat and carrying a tool is walking along railroad tracks. Caption reads: "A railroad worker walked along a line in the Menomonee Valley... |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards two men working near the entrance to a tunnel. The man on the left is using a pick, the other man is using a shovel. Wate... |
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| Description: | Stereograph of a railroad crew laying tracks. The ties are in place and the rails are being positioned on the first level. The bank behind the crew is terr... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | A group of men are working on straightening railroad tracks. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View of railroad workers posing for a group portrait on the rails. Three men are standing on a handcar. They all are holding the implements they use in the... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View towards railroad tracks and men working with large pieces of stone. In the distance is the town of Berlin. Caption at bottom reads: "Granite Quarry — ... |
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