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Terminal Moraine
Looking east at Terminal Moraine topography. View is down a dirt road with a house in the near background.
Main Street
1895
Elevated view down Main Street, which crosses railroad tracks in the foreground. There are two signs in the foreground which say: "Look Out for the Cars" and "$500 Fine for any Person Riding or Dri...
Superior Depot
September 10, 1939
View down railroad tracks towards the Central Avenue depot and the railroad crossing.
White River Bridge
1885
Stereograph of the view down the railroad tracks, with two men standing and one man sitting on the railing of the White River bridge, six miles south of Ashland. This bridge was part of the Wiscons...
Glidden NW Quadrangle / Wisconsin / 7.5 Minute Series (topographic)
1975
This standard U.S.G.S. topographic map was annotated by civil engineer and railroad historian James P. Kaysen to show the location of existing and defunct rail lines around the community of Glidden...
Wisconsin Central Passenger Car
View from road of Wisconsin Central Railroad cafe-chair car No #852 sitting on railroad tracks at a crossing. Snow is on the ground.