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Tie Yard and Treating Plant of Chicago and North Western Railway

Tie yard and treating plant of Chicago and North Western Railway near Escanaba, Michigan. There are about two million ties in the yard. Photos 2009-3080-01 through 2009-3080-107 were originally mounted in a leather bound binder with the gold embossed title, "Picture Memories of Region Nine." Region Nine, based in Milwaukee, WI, covered twenty states in the Eastern Region: Maine, Illinois, Ohio, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Missouri, Indiana, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New York, Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Delaware, and New Jersey.

President Harry S. Truman Greets Senator Scott Lucas and Mayor Martin Kennelly

President Harry S. Truman (center) shakes hands with Chicago, Illinois Mayor, Martin H. Kennelly (right) with Illinois Senator, Scott W. Lucas (left) standing behind him. President Truman is on the first stop of his "non-political" Presidential train trip to the Northwest, West, and Southwest United States. Others in the background are unidentified.