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| Date: | 1873 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of railroad tracks and several houses. Several railroad employees are doing repair work on the tracks, and one man is riding on a handcar. Be... |
| Date: | 11 17 1937 |
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| Description: | Looking northeast on Sheridan Road (State Highway 42) at Sheridan Road Grade Crossing. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | View of the railroad crossing where rubber paving was used for the first time in the United States. Caption at top reads: "First Rubber Crossing in U.S. S.... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Milwaukee Road and Chicago & Northwestern Railway crossing on Monona Bay, the site of the old MX tower. |
| Date: | 07 29 1947 |
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| Description: | Two children on bicycles waiting for a Milwaukee Road train to "unblock" the entrances to Brittingham Park. Most children not on bicycles crawled under the... |
| Date: | 11 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Lowell Frautschi, Vice President Frautschi's Furniture Store, speaking at a hearing on the possibility of putting West Washington Avenue under the Chicago,... |
| Date: | 11 27 1949 |
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| Description: | Car wreckage and a Milwaukee Road switch engine are shown at the University Avenue railroad crossing. The four persons in the car were hurt. They were Mr.... |
| Date: | 09 01 1962 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the factories at the corner of Thompson and Hullett Streets. A large tree grows at the curb. |
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| Description: | View of Willimantic cotton mills across railroad tracks with three men standing in front. Caption reads: "Willimantic Cotton Mills Corporation, Willimantic... |
| Date: | 1984 |
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| Description: | An International LCO Model 2575 approaches a railroad crossing sign as it leaves an International factory. |
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| Description: | View of a railroad crossing near Lake Monona. Men are on the standing on the road in the background, and other men are working along the railroad tracks. C... |
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