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RAILROAD NAME—Abbreviations are used (see below for samples)
STATE—USPS abbreviations are used (i.e. “WI" for Wisconsin)
CITY
POSTMARK DATE—The date of postmark, if available. Helps approximate the date of image.
KEYWORD(S)—Identify subject matter within the image (see samples below).
REMARKS—Handwritten remarks or printing on postcard that may add historical information pertinent to the image.

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 RAILROADS: AA AT&SF AV&S Co. B&LE B&M BCR&N Big 4 C&A C&NW C&S CB&Q CC&CS CGW CM&PS CM&StP CM&StP/C&NW CP CRANDIC CRI&P CRRR CStPM&O D&M D&RGW E&TH F&CC FDDM&S GATX GBW GN GTW IaC IC Lackawanna M&StL MCRR MP&N MSt&L N&NW NP O&C PM PRR Pullman SOO UP V&T WC WCF&N.

KEYWORDS: bridge depot diamond equipment freight motorcar narrowgauge passenger rotary roundhouse snowplow steam waterspout watertower windmill wreck yards.

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Postcard# 23. Railroad: IC, Monee IL.
   Postmark: 10/?/1909
   Comments: "Genuine photo by C.U. Williams, Bloomington, Ill."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 26. Railroad: IC, Orangeville IL.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 29. Railroad: CM&StP, Savanna IL.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Mississippi River bridge, "Souvenir of church social at Ivorys, March 19th [19]11."
   Keywords: bridge steam freight

Postcard# 33. Railroad: CRI&P, Adair IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: steam action bridge

Postcard# 51. Railroad: N&NW, Boone IA.
   Postmark: 11/27/1906, Ogden, IA
   Comments: "POST CARD Authorized By Act of Congress, May 19, 1898." Note: This is a screened postcard, NOT real photo.
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 52. Railroad: C&NW, Boone IA.
   Postmark: 7/29/1909, Boone, IA
   Comments: "Made by J.B. Hughes, Boone, Iowa."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 53. Railroad: C&NW, Boone IA.
   Postmark: 12/15/??
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 64. Railroad: CB&Q, Dubuque IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge yards

Postcard# 65. Railroad: CB&Q, Dubuque IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: "The L..L. Cook Company, Milwaukee."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 66. Railroad: IC, Dubuque IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 67. Railroad: IC, Dubuque IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: "The L.L. Cook Company, Milwaukee."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 79. Railroad: CRI&P, Estherville IA.
   Postmark: 1/21/11, Estherville, IA
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge steam action passenger

Postcard# 81. Railroad: CM&StP, Fayette IA.
   Postmark: 10/7/55, Lamont, IA
   Comments: "ALL RIGHTS RESERVED--THE L.L. COOK CO., MILWAUKEE."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 82. Railroad: M&StL, Forest City IA.
   Postmark: 11/7/1907?, Forest City, IA
   Comments: Information from an identical card: Lime Creek Bridge, Forest City, Iowa.
   Keywords: bridge steam passenger action

Postcard# 83. Railroad: AT&SF, Fort Madison IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Mississippi River bridge at Fort Madison, Iowa
   Keywords: bridge steam passenger action

Postcard# 108. Railroad: CM&StP, Marquette IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Mississippi River
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 112. Railroad: IaC, Mason City IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Lime Creek, Iowa, near Mason City
   Keywords: bridge steam passenger action

Postcard# 132. Railroad: CRI&P, Rockford IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: "The L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee"
   Keywords: bridge passenger equipment

Postcard# 141. Railroad: CM&StP, Springville IA.
   Postmark: 1/1/1912, Springville, IA
   Comments:
   Keywords: steam passenger action bridge

Postcard# 154. Railroad: CM&StP, Turkey River IA.
   Postmark: 9/7/1908 from an RPO
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge tracks

Postcard# 160. Railroad: CGW, Waverly IA.
   Postmark: 7/27/1913
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 162. Railroad: CGW, Waverly IA.
   Postmark: 10/12/1911, Waverly, IA
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 164. Railroad: CGW, Waverly IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge action passenger

Postcard# 176. Railroad: CGW, Bear Creek Bridge MN.
   Postmark: 11/26/1911, Winona, MN
   Comments: "Bloom Bros., Pub., Minneapolis, Minn. Printed in Germany."
   Keywords: bridge action steam freight bridge

Postcard# 183. Railroad: ??, ?? MN?.
   Postmark: 10/18/1909
   Comments:
   Keywords: steam bridge people

Postcard# 192. Railroad: C&NW, Rolfe IA.
   Postmark:
   Comments: (10/27/1908,null)
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 193. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 194. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge equipment freight

Postcard# 222. Railroad: C&S, Georgetown CO.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge track

Postcard# 225. Railroad: D&RGW, Royal Gorge CO.
   Postmark:
   Comments: hanging bridge at Royal Gorge
   Keywords: bridge tracks

Postcard# 239. Railroad: CRI&P, .
   Postmark: 6/2/1910, Driftwood, OK
   Comments:
   Keywords: equipment bridge

Postcard# 241. Railroad: ??, ?? ??.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 242. Railroad: ??, ?? ??.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 243. Railroad: ??, ?? ??.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 244. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of four postcards depicting the rebuilding of a washed out trestle.
   Keywords: bridge track

Postcard# 245. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of four postcards depicting the rebuilding of a washed out trestle.
   Keywords: bridge track

Postcard# 246. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of four postcards depicting the rebuilding of a washed out trestle.
   Keywords: bridge track

Postcard# 247. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of four postcards depicting the rebuilding of a washed out trestle.
   Keywords: bridge track

Postcard# 248. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of photos showing workers doing bridgework.
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 249. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of photos showing workers doing bridgework.
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 250. Railroad: , .
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of photos showing workers doing bridgework.
   Keywords: bridge workers

Postcard# 283. Railroad: CM&StP, SD?.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of 21 real photo postcards depicting maintenance-of-way repair work after washouts. Location is perhaps western South Dakota, or somewhere in Montana??
   Keywords: track workers bridge

Postcard# 286. Railroad: CM&StP, SD?.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of 21 real photo postcards depicting maintenance-of-way repair work after washouts. Location is perhaps western South Dakota, or somewhere in Montana??
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 291. Railroad: CM&StP, SD?.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of 21 real photo postcards depicting maintenance-of-way repair work after washouts. Location is perhaps western South Dakota, or somewhere in Montana??
   Keywords: workers bridge equipment

Postcard# 292. Railroad: CM&StP, SD?.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Series of 21 real photo postcards depicting maintenance-of-way repair work after washouts. Location is perhaps western South Dakota, or somewhere in Montana??
   Keywords: equipment bridge workers

Postcard# 367. Railroad: CM&StP, Beaver Dam WI.
   Postmark: 3/31/1909
   Comments: Lake Beaver Dam, WI. NOTE: this is not a real photo postcard, it has a halftone screening.
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 377. Railroad: C&NW, Black River Falls WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge passenger action

Postcard# 379. Railroad: C&NW, Bonduel WI.
   Postmark: 10/6/1909
   Comments:
   Keywords: tracks bridge

Postcard# 401. Railroad: CStPM&O, Couderay WI.
   Postmark: 7/9/1912, Couderay, WI
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge passenger steam action

Postcard# 414. Railroad: CStPM&O, Eau Claire WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 420. Railroad: C&NW, Elroy WI.
   Postmark: 1/14/1909, Elroy, WI
   Comments: "The Gem Photo Co., Pearl City, Ill. Real Photographs."
   Keywords: equipment freight bridge

Postcard# 431. Railroad: C&NW, Gillett WI.
   Postmark: 10/22/1907, S. Kaukauna, WI
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge equipment

Postcard# 432. Railroad: SOO, Gills Landing WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge depot

Postcard# 444. Railroad: CM&StP, Horicon WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge freight action

Postcard# 446. Railroad: CM&StP, Horicon WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Crossing the Rock River.
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 453. Railroad: CM&StP/C&NW, Janesville WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 454. Railroad: CM&StP, Janesville WI.
   Postmark: 7/17/1918?, Janesville, WI
   Comments: "C. B. Henschel Mfg. Co., Milwaukee."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 473. Railroad: CM&StP, Lone Rock WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 486. Railroad: CM&StP, Mazomanie WI.
   Postmark: 7/24/1909, Mazomanie, WI
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 492. Railroad: C&NW, Merrimac WI.
   Postmark: 3/2/1909
   Comments: Wisconsin River bridge. "This is the way the bridge looks now. They are working on it the trains just crawl over they go so slow...."
   Keywords: bridge signals

Postcard# 493. Railroad: C&NW, Merrimac WI.
   Postmark: 6/22/1942, Waunakee, WI
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 494. Railroad: C&NW, Merrimac WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 495. Railroad: C&NW, Merrimac WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments: "The Hugh C. Leighton Co., Manufacturers, Portland, ME., U.S.A."
   Keywords: bridge signals

Postcard# 496. Railroad: C&NW, Merrimac WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments: "Taken and published by C. Cox, Lodi, Wis."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 535. Railroad: CM&StP, Richland Center WI.
   Postmark: 11/23/1908, Richland Center, WI
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 537. Railroad: C&NW, Ripon WI.
   Postmark: 5/26/1909
   Comments: "A Real Photo by H. Montgomery, Hartford, Wisc."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 542. Railroad: CM&StP, Sauk City WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Wisconsin River. "All rights reserved--L.L. Cook Co., Milwaukee."
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 543. Railroad: CM&StP, Sauk City WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 544. Railroad: CM&StP, Sauk City WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge

Postcard# 549. Railroad: WC, Somerset WI.
   Postmark:
   Comments:
   Keywords: bridge action

Postcard# 562. Railroad: C&NW, Buncombe WI.
   Postmark: 12/3/1913, Hazel Green, WI
   Comments: Tunnel on the WI/IL border between Hazel Green, WI and Galena, IL.
   Keywords: tunnel bridge

Postcard# 574. Railroad: , Winchester? WI.
   Postmark: 7/24/1914
   Comments: Logging railroad?
   Keywords: bridge tracks

Postcard# 609. Railroad: CM&StP, Cone Lake ??.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Pulling steam locomotive tender out of water, 4/16/1912. Photo by J.G. Baker.
   Keywords: wreck bridge workers

Postcard# 610. Railroad: CM&StP, Cone Lake ??.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Pulling steam locomotive out of water, 4/16/1912. Photo by J.G. Baker.
   Keywords: wreck bridge equipment

Postcard# 611. Railroad: CM&StP, Cone Lake ??.
   Postmark:
   Comments: Pulling steam locomotive out of water, 4/16/1912. Photo by J.G. Baker.
   Keywords: wreck bridge equipment