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| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across water of a Milwaukee, Lake Shore, and Western Railroad locomotive (No #33) pulling a pay car across a trestle over the Fox River. Several large... |
| Date: | 10 15 1934 |
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| Description: | Babe Ruth, wearing a dressing gown, signing autographs from a train car during a stopover in Madison. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Overhead view of ships tied up for the winter in slips. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks. |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks of a locomotive arriving at the Barnum Depot. |
| Date: | 1909 |
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| Description: | View across railroad tracks of a man and a dog posing on the platform in front of the Chicago, Milwaukee, and St. Paul depot. In the background on the left... |
| Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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| Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | The harbor, showing the sidewheel packet, "Belle of La Crosse," and the sidewheel ferry "Alex McGregor." Other boats are also seen including two barges loa... |
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| Description: | Elevated view across street towards the Union Depot. Horse-drawn carriages are in the street. |
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| Description: | View across water towards Best's South Side Brewery. There are railroad cars in front of the brewery. |
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| Description: | Kilbourn railroad station and train, with several men standing on the platform. |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of city traffic of bumper-to-bumper cars leaving Milwaukee County Stadium after the 1957 World Series. |
| Date: | 12 26 1935 |
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| Description: | Worker on an International I-30 industrial tractor used for "spotting" freight cars around the Miller Brewing Company. Two refrigerated rail cars are parke... |
| Date: | 1924 |
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| Description: | Two women standing on path in front of the Garver Feed Mill, which was originally a sugar beet processing factory. |
| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Bird's-eye map of La Crosse from the Mississippi River. |
| Date: | 06 22 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car on the Chicago & Northwestern Railway, car number URTX 5393. The Oscar Mayer rail yard is in the ... |
| Date: | 06 22 1943 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the top of an Oscar Mayer refrigerated railroad car, Chicago & Northwestern #URTX 5365 with a view of the Oscar Mayer rail yards. There is... |
| Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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| Description: | Truck-pulled rock crusher manufactured by Wisconsin Foundry & Machine Company, 623 East Main Street. Left rear view of the unit parked along railroad track... |
| Date: | 04 01 1938 |
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| Description: | Two men are standing next to a railroad car at the rear of the Fauerbach Brewing Company at 651-653 Williamson Street. |
| Date: | 06 22 1935 |
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| Description: | A crowd of people viewing the remains of a Keystone Fuel & Material Co. truck after it was crushed by a Milwaukee Road train, near the Brittingham Park cro... |
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