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Mabel and Friends In Front of Train In Streator, IL

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Photograph of Mabel Grubbs and friends standing in front of a train in Streator, IL on their way to Starved Rock. This trip was taken before she was married according to a blurb in the original photo album by the photo.

Photos of Joy Land Amusement Park Rides

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Photographs of Joyland Amusement Park. Photo of ferris wheel, tiltawhirl, bullet ride, and lake. Photo of entrance, train track, domed building and giant slide.

Hagenback & Wallace Circus

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Photograph taken during the Hagenback & Wallace Circus in April of 1938 of horses next to a train as people watch.

Photograph of the Illinois Central R. R. Roundhouse and Yards

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Photograph of the Illinois Central R. R. roundhouse and yards in Clinton IL, taken on May 17, 1910.

Photograph of Illinois Terminal R. R. Class A Locomotive #61

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Photograph of Illinois Terminal R. R. class A locomotive #61 at the engine shops in Decatur IL taken on September 30th, 1939.

Photograph of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois R.R. Wreck

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Photograph of the Chicago & Eastern Illinois R.R. wreck of passenger train "Meadowlark" at Mode, IL near Shelbyville taken July 11, 1951.

Photograph of St. Louis Businessmen in Decatur to Board the Train Carrying Battery A

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Photograph of a group of about fifty St. Louis business and professional men, headed by Mayor Henry Ziegenhein, came to Decatur to meet and board the train carrying Batter A, the only Missouri unit to serve overseas during the Spanish American War.…

Photograph of an Early Wabash Railroad Engine

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Photograph of an early Wabash Railroad engine of 1856. Lake Erie, Wabash & St. Louis R.R.