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This Train For Racine

Date: 1900
Description: Several men pose on a station platform in front of a locomotive and railroad car at the end of the railroad tracks. A man standing in the center is wearing...
Photograph

Racine Bicycle Club

Date: 
Description: A large group of people posing on a city street with bicycles. Caption reads: "Racine Bicycle Club ready for a run to Kenosha."
Postcard

View of Waterford

Date: 03 07 1916
Description: Text on front reads: "Waterford, Wis." Storefronts along a street, with automobiles and horse-drawn vehicles parked at the curb. Pedestrians are on the str...
Postcard

Fire Fighting Equipment Company

Date: 1945
Description: Text on front reads: "Fire Fighting Equip. Co. - 1312 Vine St. - Union Grove, Wis." On reverse: "R.K. Brown's Fire Fighting Equip. Co. Now offers you these...
Postcard

Southern Wisconsin Colony and Training School

Date: 1921
Description: Text on reverse reads: "Southern Wisconsin Colony and Training School. Union Grove, Wis." Aerial view of a large facility. Opened in 1919 as the "Southern ...
Postcard

Tichigan Lake

Date: 08 21 1939
Description: Text on front reads: "Tichigan Lake, Wis." A couple stands next to parked cars in front of the grocery store at Wichmans Resort. On the right is a crowd of...
Postcard

The Highlands

Date: 07 21 1949
Description: Text on the front reads: "The Highlands, Hy. 41 and 20, 21 miles south of Milwaukee, P.O. Sturtevant, Wis. - Phone: 18W." Additional text on the reverse: "...
Postcard

SC Johnson Wax Golden Rondelle Theater

Date: 1964
Description: The SC Johnson Wax Golden Rondelle Theater was built for the 1964 World's Fair in New York. Afterwards the Theater was moved to Racine. The SC Johnson Rese...
Postcard

Views of Racine

Date: 12 22 1908
Description: Text reads: "Views of Racine, Wis." A collage of 12 postcards with views of buildings, landmarks and ships.
Postcard

Aftermath of a Train Wreck

Date: 09 1907
Description: A group of men and boys are standing amid the wreckage of a train.
Postcard

Lake Michigan Shoreline

Date: 1975
Description: Text on reverse: "Magnificent view of Lake Michigan shoreline from Racine Harbor to Wind Point Lighthouse. Photo Courtesy RAMAC." Aerial view of Racine Har...
Map or Atlas

Map of Burlington

Date: 
Description: A plat map of Burlington.
Map or Atlas

Map of Waterford

Date: 1887
Description: A plat map of Waterford. Township 4, North Range 19, East of 4th Principal Meridian. References at bottom include school houses, houses, churches and cemet...
Photograph

View in Mound Cemetery

Date: 1888
Description: View towards a wooden walkway over a stone wall, perhaps a spillway, crossing a body of water. A bridge is in the background.
Photograph

First Presbyterian Church

Date: 1888
Description: Exterior of church, which is partially obscured by trees.
Map or Atlas

Waterford Map

Date: 1920
Description: A plat map of Waterford.
Photograph

Family Dog

Date: 1890
Description: A large, long haired dog looks attentively toward the camera. He is standing near a water hydrant in the side yard of a house. The corner of the house with...
Photograph

Man Posing with Toboggan

Date: 1890
Description: Portrait of a man wearing a stocking cap, mittens and a double-breasted coat reclines on a toboggan which is supported on a studio prop at an angle in fron...
Photograph

Digging Out Train Tracks

Date: 03 1881
Description: Winter scene with men digging out the train tracks by hand after a big snow storm. Trees and a fence line the sides of the railroad right of way. Between F...
Photograph

Train with Snow Thrower

Date: 02 1936
Description: Winter scene featuring a Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul train from the front with snow thrower attached to the engine. Smoke billows to the right and power l...

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