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Arrival of harvesting machinery by Soo Line train, possibly in the Red River Valley, c.1895
Extending Soo Line tracks, Minneapolis, 1892.
Soo Line railway employee’s time pass, 1891
Minneapolis, St. Paul and Sault Ste. Marie Railroad locomotive, c.1890
Soo Line diesel to Chicago, 1948. Photograph by George Miles Ryan Studio
Soo Line Railway ticket, including free admission to the Exposition Building, October 1888.
Thomas Lowry monument, intersection of Hennepin and Lyndale avenues, Minneapolis.
Dedication of Thomas Lowry memorial, Minneapolis, 1915.
Thomas Lowry’s private streetcar, exterior, c.1912.
Thomas Lowry’s country estate in Monticello, Minnesota, 1910.