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Date: 01/25/20 09:59
Soo Line Railroad Car
Author: flynn

These pictures are taken from the Edward A. Bromley Collection. 
 
Picture 1, A Display of Fish Caught By a Fishing Party.  Group is posed on the observation platform at the rear of a Soo Line Railroad car. Left to right they are: unknown, Lind, unknown, Bromley, Haskell, Mrs. Haskell, Nelson, Mrs. Nelson, Swift. Note Pullman car porters at bottom corners.  Glass-Plate Negative.  1899. 
 

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Date: 01/25/20 10:04
Re: Soo Line Railroad Car
Author: flynn

Picture 2, Twin Cities Newspapermen on a Fishing Trip Via the Soo Line. Railroad.  Glass-Plate Negative.  1906. 
 

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Date: 01/25/20 10:06
Re: Soo Line Railroad Car
Author: flynn

Picture3, The 15th Minnesota Infantry Regiment Departs for War.  The soldiers are in the process of boarding a train. Their packs and equipment are clearly visible. The Spanish-American War would end one month after their departure, and they were decommissioned in 1899 without leaving the United States. Glass Plate Negative.  Photo taken in July, 1898.

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Date: 01/25/20 10:09
Re: Soo Line Railroad Car
Author: flynn

Picture 4, Visitors to the Mandan Fair, Photographed at Bismarck on Their Return.  Glass-Plate Negative.  Decade 1900. 
 

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Date: 01/25/20 11:52
Re: Soo Line Railroad Car
Author: PHall

Looking at picture number one. Let me guess, fish for dinner!

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Date: 01/25/20 11:52
Re: Soo Line Railroad Car
Author: wjpyper

I would not want to go out in a boat wearing all that bulky clothing!
 

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