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| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A man stands in the open doorway of a Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, & Omaha railway boxcar. |
| Date: | 1896 |
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| Description: | Loggers posing on narrow-gauge railroad tracks with a railroad velocipede and cant hook near Saddle Mound, a large hill that dominates the local area in Ja... |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The J.B. Alexander family at the Wisconsin Central train depot. The young child in front holds a doll. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | Derailed locomotive and coal car. Wreck on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis, and Omaha Railway, locomotive #287, in the vicinity of Black River Falls. |
| Date: | 1936 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of logs tugged across Lake Superior to the harbor at Ashland. |
| Date: | 1939 |
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| Description: | A train is shown at the intersection of Williamson, S. Blair, and E. Wilson Streets in front of the Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Depot. |
| Date: | 1940 |
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| Description: | A man (maybe a railroad worker or a tramp) standing along a railroad track next to a small cooking fire. Railroad cars are in the background. |
| Date: | 09 17 1948 |
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| Description: | Aerial view of two Lake Michigan ferries tied up at harbor slips. The eastern terminus of the Green Bay Route was the Lake Michigan port city of Kewaunee. ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View down railroad tracks towards a tall building. Smoke is billowing from the locomotive. |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | View of an automobile traveling north on Highway 35, near the Mississippi River. Railroad tracks run between the road and the river. In the background are ... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Nighttime image of the Depot and yard. Back of station, tracks, and a couple of trains are visible, as well as some of the buildings of Milwaukee in the ba... |
| Date: | 1950 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of parallel tracks in a railroad yard, with a locomotive pulling a boxcar. A man is standing near the boxcar. On the right are buildings, and... |
| Date: | 01 1950 |
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| Description: | Winter image of the Interlake Pulp Mill in the Fox River Valley. The buildings are surrounded by large stacks of logs. The Fox River can be seen behind and... |
| Date: | 02 1951 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of the Fox River Valley from Memorial Drive bridge, looking East. Snow is on the ground, ice is on the river and the smokestacks are billowin... |
| Date: | 1952 |
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| Description: | Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983. |
| Date: | 07 1952 |
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| Description: | Solvay Coke and Gas Company with railroad train and tracks, smoke billowing upward. The company was opened in 1906 and closed in 1983. |
| Date: | 02 15 1955 |
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| Description: | A passenger waiting for a train in front of the Chicago and Northwestern railroad station on a clear and cold evening. The person is holding a lamp, and a ... |
| Date: | 08 1963 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of newspaper pulp wood stacked along the Fox River near the Combined Locks Paper Company. A crane is moving the logs, and workers are standin... |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view over railroad yards from the 27th Street viaduct. |
| Date: | 1965 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of two railroad lines curving towards the city in the distance. A speeder, a mini maintenance car, is on the left hand track. A gantry is ove... |
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