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The Wisconsin Historical Society offers an ever-growing digital collection. Digitized materials reflect the full range of items in the collections including photographs, letters, newsletters, films, posters, architectural drawings, menus, and ephemera.
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Train Crossing Railroad Bridge
Freight train crossing river on a bridge north of Black River Falls.
White River Bridges
1910
View from shoreline of a railroad train crossing a bridge over the famous White River near Ashland. In the foreground is an open automobile crossing the river on a highway bridge. Passengers in the...
Train Crossing a Bridge
View along right side of shoreline toward a Chicago, Minneapolis, and St. Paul train crossing a bridge over the Wisconsin River.
Dam Construction Behind Railroad Bridge
1907
Construction of a dam visible from behind a railroad bridge. A train is crossing the bridge.
First Train
May 3, 1948
Elevated view of a Chicago and Northwestern passenger train, which is the first across a new bridge in Sheboygan. There is a group of people standing near the railroad train.
Wagon Bridge, Stevens Point, Wisconsin
1910
View across grass towards a wagon bridge on the left crossing the Wisconsin River at Stevens Point. Caption reads: "Wagon Bridge, across Wisconsin River, Stevens Point, Wis."