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Babe Ruth

Date: 10 15 1934
Description: Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison.
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Children and Adults Gathered near Passenger Car

Date: 1917
Description: Group of youth gathered near a passenger car listening to a man identified as "Governor Howard." The man is most likely Edgar Howard, Lieutenant Governor o...
Postcard

C. M. & St. P. Railway Station

Date: 1916
Description: Photographic postcard view of a train on the tracks, several people on the platform, a boy standing with a bicycle, and a horse and carriage parked behind ...
Postcard

Lake Waubesa Station, Edwards' Park

Date: 1907
Description: View of Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul passenger cars stopped behind a group of men and boys standing in the foreground. Caption reads: "Lake Waubesa Statio...
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Newspaper Carriers Leave for Washington D.C.

Date: 08 16 1954
Description: Sitting on the train and ready for a trip to the nation's capitol are Madison Newspapers, Inc. newsboys, Gerald Schroeder (left) and Billy Adelman (both of...

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