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Map: CB&Q map of Chicago, 1880
This 1880 map centered on Chicago displays the early CB&Q railroad route.
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Brochure: Through the American Wonderland: The Pacific Northwest, 1923
A spread from a Burlington Route brochure promoting train travel as a life-changing adventure.
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Photograph: Canal río San Francisco, 1930
In addition to depicting a phase of the channelization works of the San Francisco River, this image shows Bogotá’s urban landscape, with the Eastern Mountains in the background and trees such as eucalyptus, pines and cypress along the river.
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Photograph: Suna River, 1915
An early color photograph of the Suna River by Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky (1863–1944), who is also featured in the picture.
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Brochure: Burlington Vista-Domes, 1955
A Burlington Route brochure promoting the new “Vista-Dome” coaches in 1955.
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Photograph: Dome on Runit Island
Covering the crater of a 1977 nuclear test, the “Cactus Dome” contains 84,000 cubic meters of radioactive soil.
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Map: Lands of the Burlington & Missouri River Railroad in Nebraska in the Great Republican Valley, 1879
Map of the “Great Republican Valley” showing Burlington & Missouri River Rail Road lands for sale in Nebraska (1879).