Thomas Manz Slide Collection, 1925-1972

Contents List

Container Title
Series: 1. The Milwaukee Electric Railway and Light Company (TMER&L), 1927-1970
Streetcars and Interurbans
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   1
Postcard of interurban on Grand Ave. in Port Washington, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   2
People waiting to embark interurban in Burlington, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   3
Open streetcar #708, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   4
Open streetcar #708 and streetcar #1013, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   5
Route 16, streetcar #925 in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   6
Route 16, streetcar #554 among streets crowded with pedestrians in downtown Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   7
Route 14, Holton-Mitchell streetcar in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   8
Route 10, streetcar #726 in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   9
Streetcar viewed from overhead at corner of 3rd & Wisconsin Ave., 1940
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   10
Passengers disembarking from streetcar in downtown Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   11
Streetcar, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   12
Streetcar stranded in city street during a blizzard in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   13
Streetcar #810, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   14
Streetcar #985, special route to stadium, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   15
Interurban at Cedar Grove, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   16
Streetcars #937, #955, and others at yard in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   17
Streetcar #965 on Marshall St outside C&NW depot, 1939
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   18
Route 36, streetcar #920 going through carwash, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   19
Unidentified interurbans in Racine, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   20
Passengers embarking streetcar #835 in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   21
Route 19, streetcar #607 and other streetcars lined up on street in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   22
Unidentified streetcar or interurban, undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   23
Route 27, streetcar #970 on Milwaukee St., undated
Box   1
Folder   1
Slide   24
Passengers wait to cross street having just disembarked from unidentified streetcar, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   1
Route 19, streetcar #468, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   2
Route 18, National to Fond du Lac, streetcar #925, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   3
Police direct traffic in front of a Route 18 streetcar, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   4
Streetcar turning at intersection, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   5
Color slide of Route 37 streetcar passing an interurban to Cedarburg, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   6
Color slide of Route 15, Vliet to Capitol, streetcar,
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   7-9
Color slide of Route 15, Vliet to Capitol, streetcar #639, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   10-11
Color slide of Route 10, streetcar #639, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   12
Color slide of interurban #1121 to Illinois near Milwaukee Road Everett Street station, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   13
Color slide of streetcar #882, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   14
Color slide of unidentified interurban, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   15
Color slide of last Speedrail, local #37, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   16
Color slide of unidentified locomotive in car barn, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   17
Streetcar operator training, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   18
Employees finish repairs on Route 12, #95X streetcar, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   19
Employees work on repairing streetcar #1133, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   20
Damaged #112 streetcar, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   21
Streetcar #1002 lying on its side after accident, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   22
Streetcar #624 with damaged door, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   23
Workers pose next to unidentified streetcar lying on its side, undated
Box   1
Folder   2
Slide   24
Burned out hulks of multiple unidentified streetcars, undated
Tracks and Bridges
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   1
600 class streetcar on Menomonee Valley viaduct, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   2
Rapid Transit bridge, 1928
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   3
Color postcard of interurban on Wells St. viaduct, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   4-5
Wells St. viaduct, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   6
Interurban on Wells St. viaduct, Miller Brewery in background, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   7
Interurbans cross unidentified bridge, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   8
Bridge in Menomonee Valley, 1937
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   9
Streetcars cross unidentified bridge possibly in Menomonee Valley, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   10
Bridge over cemetery at National Soldiers’ Home leading into Soldiers’ Home station, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   11
Bridge at west junction, 1927
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   12
Color postcard of tracks through downtown Wauwatosa, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   13
Tracks through downtown Wauwatosa, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   14
Tracks down Grand Ave. (now Wisconsin Ave.), Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   15
Tracks at Bluemound Rd., undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   16
Tracks at the gravel pit in Waukesha, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   17
Tracks by Lake Nagawicka, undated
Box   1
Folder   3
Slide   18-24
Unidentified tracks, undated
Work Cars and Locomotives
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   1
freight car B48, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   2
freight cars B30, B50 and others, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   3
M33 freight car, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   4
TMER&L excavation machine deposits earth into small open car, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   5
track maintenance vehicle, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   6
color slide of plow D5 at Lakeside, 1968
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   7
Motor Transport Co. truck #106 at station, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   8
work being done on tracks at night, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   9
workers dump dirt down an embankment, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   10
4-4-0 steam locomotive, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   11
steam locomotive, undated
Box   1
Folder   4
Slide   12-14
electric locomotive L9, 1968-1970
Station and Yards, Portrait, and Timetables
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   1
Milwaukee Northern station at Cedarburg, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   2-3
Cold Springs yard, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   4-6
Fiebrantz Station, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   7
Five Points stop on Waukesha Line, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   8
Lake Park depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   9
Lakeside Power Plant depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   10
Moorland Rd. stop, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   11
TMER&L and Milwaukee Road yard at Powerton, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   12-15
Public Service Building in Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   16-18
Public Service Building interior, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   19
Soldiers’ Home station, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   20
Waterford, WI depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   21
West Side Railway car barn, undated
Box   1
Folder   5
Slide   22-24
Unidentified depots and stations, undated
Box   1
Folder   6
Slide   1-7
Unidentified depots and stations, undated
Box   1
Folder   6
Slide   8
President John I. Beggs, undated
Box   1
Folder   6
Slide   9-10
July 1903 timetable, undated
Trackless Trolleys and Buses
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   1
Route 21, trackless trolley #58, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   2
Route 22, trackless trolley #128, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   3
Trackless trolley #143, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   4
Route 13, trackless trolley #270, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   5
Route 21, trackless trolley #322, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   6-9
Unidentified trackless trolleys, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   10
Route 52, bus #69, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   11-12
Express bus #685, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   13
Route 21, bus #793, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   14
Route 21, bus #703, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   15
Bus #1203, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   16
Route 12, bus #131, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   17
Transportation of TMER&L buses by rail, undated
Box   1
Folder   7
Slide   18-22
Unidentified buses, undated
Series: 2. Chicago and North Western Railway Company (C&NW), 1925-1972
Bridges and Cars
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   1
Bartlett Ave. bridge, Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   2
Capitol Dr. bridge, Shorewood, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   3
Estabrook Park bridge, Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   4-7
Folsom St. bridge, Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   8-9
Kinnickinnic River bridge, Milwaukee, 1972
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   10-11
Lafayette Place bridge, Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   12-19
Lincoln Memorial Bridge, Milwaukee, 1925, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   20
Milwaukee River bridge, Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   21
footbridge to Riverside Park, Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   22
Sheboygan River bridge, Sheboygan, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   9
Slide   23-24
Unidentified bridges, undated
Box   1
Folder   10
Slide   1-24
Unidentified bridges, undated
Box   1
Folder   11
Slide   1-5
Unidentified bridges, undated
Box   1
Folder   11
Slide   6-10
Passenger cars, undated
Box   1
Folder   11
Slide   11
Freight car, undated
Locomotives
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   1-2
Steam locomotive, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   3-4
4-4-0 steam locomotives, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   6
2-8-0 steam locomotive #1564, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   7
Steam locomotive #2561, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   8
Steam locomotive #3025, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   9
Steam locomotive #2493, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   10
Steam locomotives #3016, 3014, 3031, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   11
4-6-0 steam locomotive #1180, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   12
Steam locomotive #2614, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   13
Steam locomotive #3013, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   14
Steam locomotive #400, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   15
Steam locomotive #1479, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   16
Steam locomotive, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   17
Steam locomotive #614, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   18
Steam locomotive #1153, undated
Box   1
Folder   12
Slide   19-23
Diesel locomotives, undated
Maps, Portraits, Publications
Box   1
Folder   13
Slide   1-11
Maps of Milwaukee areas, undated
Box   1
Folder   13
Slide   12-13
Group portraits, unidentified, undated
Box   1
Folder   13
Slide   14-17
Advertising and publications, undated
Stations, Yards, and Depots
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   1-3
Allis-Chalmers depot in West Allis, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   4
Depot at Brooklyn, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   5-8
Yards at Butler, WI, 1951
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   9
Depot at Cedar Grove, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   10
Chase yard, 1962
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   11
Depot at Fond du Lac, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   12-13
Milwaukee freight yards, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   14-15
Depot at Madison, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   16
Depot at Marshall St., Milwaukee, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   17-18
North approach to Milwaukee Depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   19
Milwaukee Depot landfill, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   20
Tracks outside Milwaukee Depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   21
North approach to Milwaukee Depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   14
Slide   22-24
Tracks outside Milwaukee Depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   15
Slide   1-5
Original Milwaukee Depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   15
Slide   6-10
Postcards of Milwaukee Depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   15
Slide   11-24
Milwaukee Depot exterior, undated
Box   1
Folder   16
Slide   1-14
Milwaukee Depot exterior, undated
Box   1
Folder   16
Slide   15-18
Milwaukee Depot demolition, undated
Box   1
Folder   16
Slide   19-24
Milwaukee Depot interior, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   1-4
Milwaukee Depot interior, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   5
National Ave. depot, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   6-9
Depot at Racine, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   10
Depot at Rapid City, SD, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   11-12
Depot at St. Francis, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   13
Depot at Waunakee, WI, undated
Box   1
Folder   17
Slide   14-17
Unidentified depots, undated
Timetables, Tracks and Equipment
Box   1
Folder   18
Slide   1-5
Timetables, undated
Box   1
Folder   18
Slide   6-9
Tracks and equipment on postcards, undated
Box   1
Folder   18
Slide   10-24
Tracks and equipment, undated
Box   1
Folder   19
Slide   1-17
Tracks and equipment, undated
Trains
Box   1
Folder   20
Slide   1-23
Trains, undated
Series: 3. Other Railroads and Locations, 1958-1969
Milwaukee Road, Soo Line, and Others
Box   1
Folder   8
Slide   1
Milwaukee & Suburban Transit (M&ST), Fiebrantz Ave. bus station, 1969
Box   1
Folder   8
Slide   2-5
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat & Power Company (WI Traction) interurbans, undated
Box   1
Folder   8
Slide   6-7
Wisconsin Traction, Light, Heat & Power Company (WI Traction) trackage, undated
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   1-4
Milwaukee Road Dome Car, 1958
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   5-6
Milwaukee Road Dome Car interior, 1958
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   7
Baldwin Locomotive Works demonstration model, undated
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   8
LCRR (possibly Lincoln Central Railroad), steam locomotive, undated
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   9
Lake Shore Limited 4-6-0 steam locomotive #604, undated
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   10
Soo Line depot at Almena, WI, undated
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   11-14
Soo Line freight cars, Minneapolis, MN, 1958
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   15-16
Soo Line covered hopper freight cars, 1958
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   17-18
Santa Fe Railroad DF Insulated freight car interiors, 1958
Box   2
Folder   1
Slide   19-24
Milwaukee Road freight cars, 1958
Milwaukee Harbor and Gateway Transportation Co.
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   1-2
Norwegian ship Veslefjell loading or unloading, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   3-4
Norwegian ship Veslefjell, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   5-7
Car and rail ferry Spartan, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   8-9
Loading ferry Spartan, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   10-11
Motor cargo ferry loading platform, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   12
A.O. Smith girder in harbor to be loaded, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   13
View of parking at Milwaukee Harbor, 1958
Box   2
Folder   2
Slide   14-17
Gateway Transportation Co. facilities and trucks, 1958
Mitchell Airport, Trucks, Milwaukee lakefront
Box   2
Folder   3
Slide   1-6
General Mitchell International Airport, 1958
Box   2
Folder   3
Slide   7-8
Capital Airlines Vickers Viscount N7243 at Mitchell Airport, 1958
Box   2
Folder   3
Slide   9
Clark Transport trucks carrying automobiles, 1958
Box   2
Folder   3
Slide   10-12
Semi truck with sleeper cab, 1958
Box   2
Folder   3
Slide   13-16
Views of Milwaukee’s lakefront through the decades, undated
Box   2
Folder   3
Slide   17
Aerial view of the Bay View Rolling Mills, undated