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Illinois Central Railroad Car Interior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Interior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car containing damaged orange crates.
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Railroad Man, Alfred F. Kniebusch

Date: 11 01 1946
Description: Alfred F. Kniebusch being honored for his 54 years of service with the North Western railroad. Also shown, left to right, are H.W. Blum, transportation man...
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Illinois Central Railroad Tracks

Date: 09 05 1947
Description: The train engineer's view (looking east) of the Illinois Central Railroad crossing at Regent Street, Breeze Terrace, and Little Street, taken one-hundred f...
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Illinois Central Railroad Car Exterior

Date: 01 25 1951
Description: Exterior view of a wooden Illinois Central Railroad car labeled: "Fruit Growers Express."
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Chicago Northwestern Railroad Accident

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Chicago Northwestern Railroad tracks and train crossing Monona Bay, the site of an accident in which Harry R. Frankey, 112 South Henry Street, was killed i...
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Priest and Railroad Worker Next to Locomotive

Date: 07 24 1945
Description: A priest (Father Aloin R. Kutchera from St. Paul's University Chapel?) with a railroad worker standing next to a locomotive.
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Train and Truck Accident

Date: 03 27 1947
Description: Police and trainmen for the Northwestern Railroad removing the bodies of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Thompson (Alice) from their truck, which collided with a N...
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Car Wreck and Train

Date: 11 27 1949
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....
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou...
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Northwestern Railroad Chef William Hellman

Date: 05 16 1952
Description: William "Bill" Hellman, chef on the Northwestern Railroad's Madison-Chicago passenger run, on the train as he is preparing his last meal for the railroad a...
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Aerial View of Town

Date: 1930
Description: Aerial view of the town, including business, houses, and railroad tracks cutting through the town.
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Milwaukee Road Train Wreck

Date: 01 11 1948
Description: The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling...
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UW Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps

Date: 06 21 1948
Description: Group portrait of 16 members of the University of Wisconsin Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps in front of two railroad cars. They left for San Francisc...
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Freedom Train

Date: 06 24 1948
Description: Elevated view of the Freedom Train, on the tracks behind the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul & Pacific Railroad station, 644 West Washington Avenue. The Freed...
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Railroad Women's Clubs Party

Date: 04 20 1949
Description: Four women who attended the dessert bridge party given by the Milwaukee Railroad Women's Club for the Northwestern Railroad Women's Club at Manchester's Ma...
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Train at Railroad Crossing

Date: 07 29 1947
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...
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Railroad Tracks at Regent and Monroe Streets

Date: 07 29 1953
Description: Illinois Central railroad tracks at Monroe Street Castle & Doyle Building at Monroe and Regent Street intersection at 1512 Regent Street. The Wisconsin Sta...
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Aerial View of Middleton

Date: 11 1928
Description: Aerial view of Middleton including businesses, residences, the railroad tracks, and the surrounding countryside.
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Robert E. Guild

Date: 02 19 1947
Description: Robert E. Guild, Madison native, Milwaukee Railroad engineer, and Holyoke, Colorado, movie theater operator from 1916 to 1939.
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Aerial View of Sun Prairie

Date: 01 22 1949
Description: Aerial view of the town and the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul and Pacific railroad bridge.

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