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Fitchburg Depot and Train

Date: 1910
Description: Winter scene of Fitchburg depot with train at platform, and a group of men and women waiting outdoors.
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Barnum Depot

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Description: View from along railroad tracks of a train arriving at the depot. There is a child in the doorway of the depot, and a woman in the background is carrying a...
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Observation Platform of Train at Kilbourn Station

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Description: Group of people posing on the observation platform of a train at the Kilbourn station. There is a water tower on the left.
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Kilbourn Railroad Depot

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Description: Kilbourn railroad depot, train, passengers and crew.
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Wisconsin Central Railroad Depot

Date: 1891
Description: Elevated view across railroad tracks of the Wisconsin Central Railroad depot. Virtually the entire population of Sherry is thought to be standing on the pl...
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Train at Valders

Date: 1912
Description: A single passenger awaits the arrival of a train at the Valders station. The train, which is a mixed local on the Manitowoc line, is being pulled by Minnea...
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Group of People at Railroad Station

Date: 1898
Description: Group of people looking at single car at the railroad station, probably a special car for a traveling minstrel show.
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Men Escorting Woman on Railroad Platform

Date: 1897
Description: Two men escorting a fashionably dressed woman with a feathered boa obscuring part of her face. People are standing in the background near a train next to t...
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The J.B. Alexander Family

Date: 1900
Description: The J.B. Alexander family at the Wisconsin Central train depot. The young child in front holds a doll.
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Fitchburg Depot and Train

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Description: The Illinois Central Railroad Station and train in Fitchburg. There is snow on the ground, and men and women are waiting outside the depot on the platform....
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Railroad Depot

Date: 07 27 1938
Description: View across road of a row of men and women standing beside a rail car powered with an International PA-100 power unit. To the right of the car is another t...
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Railroad Depot

Date: 1910
Description: A train is parked in the St. Louis and San Fransisco railroad depot, with people gathered nearby. Sign on building reads: "Lunch Room Fred Harvey."
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Chicago & North Western Depot

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Description: A train is parked in Chicago & North Western depot while people and horse-drawn vehicles gather nearby. Caption reads: "C. & N.W. Depot, Nevada, Iowa."
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Mount Lowe Railway's Cable Car

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Description: The cable car on Mount Lowe Railway, existing from 1893-1938, climbing a steep incline in California. Mount Lowe is known for being the only scenic mountai...
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Railway Station

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Description: A woman waiting inside Pond Point Beach's railway station. Beyond the station, there are beach houses and the waterfront.
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Passenger Train at Manchurian Railroad Station

Date: 1917
Description: Group of people at a railroad station in Manchuria, gathered near the "Imperial train" that carried the Root Commission members through Russia.
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Train Station at Vyatka, Russia

Date: 07 12 1917
Description: Crowd at a train station in Vyatka, Russia. Smoke in the background is coming from a burning railway ice-house.
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Boys Gathered at Train Stop

Date: 1917
Description: View of a group of boys gathered near and on the railroad tracks near a group of adults at a train stop, listening to two well-dressed men speaking. Origin...
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Train Depot

Date: 1921
Description: View down platform of people waiting outside the train depot. A train is approaching the terminal on one set of tracks, and a number of train cars are on a...
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Off to the Trenches

Date: 05 05 1918
Description: Send off for World War I recruits at the railroad station. The man leaning out of the train window is Ben Bergor, a professional magician and vaudeville pe...

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