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Map or Atlas

Route of the Fox and Wisconsin Rivers Improvement

Date: 1853
Description: Shows railroads, planned and in place.
Photograph

MEC&MC Gantry Crane Constructing the L.I.R.R.

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Description: Milwaukee Electric Crane & Manufacturing Company gantry crane involved with the construction of the Long Island Railroad. There is a sign on the crane that...
Poster

First Steam Passenger Train

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Description: Woodcut image of the first steam passenger train ever run in the United States. The locomotive pulls a wood car and two passenger cars.
Poster

New York Central Lines West Point Poster

Date: 1928
Description: An original lithograph promoting New York Central Lines railway and the West Point military academy, in a location described as being "In the highlands of ...
Photograph

Steamers on the Hudson River

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Description: Elevated view of the two steamships, including the James T. Brett, on the Hudson River, with the central business district of the city in the background.
Photograph

Train Unloading Passengers

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd of people at the Monticello branch of the New York, Ontario & Western Railroad Station, added in 1889.
Photograph

Erie Railroad Station

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Description: The Callicoon Depot was constructed after the completion of the Erie Railroad Station in 1848. Caption reads: "Erie Depot, Callicoon, N.Y."
Photograph

Railroad Tracks

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Description: Elevated view of men working on the railroad tracks. There are locomotives and railroad cars on the tracks. Some children are standing on the tracks near t...
Photograph

Tree Nursery Truck

Date: 1925
Description: An International Model S truck owned by T.W. Rice is parked alongside an opened railroad boxcar as a man unloads a plant from the truck bed.
Photograph

International Harvester Branch House — Ogdensburg

Date: 1920
Description: Exterior view of an International Harvester branch building located alongside a railroad track.
Book or Pamphlet

Eureka Mower Catalog

Date: 1882
Description: Front and back of catalog for the Eureka Mower. Features on the front a color illustration of a man riding the mower drawn by two horses. An umbrella beari...

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