Photograph
Fire in the Wisconsin Building
| Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working from both sides of the building as a crowd is watching. The building housed the Commercial National Bank and Keeley's Palace of Sweet's, known at the time as "The Pal." The dome of Bascom Hall on the University of Wisconsin campus is at the end of State Street on the far left. Along the street are streetcar tracks and overhead lines. A garland of evergreens are hanging from wires strung on utility poles along the sidewalk. |
| Image ID: | 119127 |
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| Creation Date: | 01 13 1914 |
| Creator Name: | Unknown |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Black Point Estate and Seipp Family Papers |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | photographic print, b&w |
| Original Format Number: | Black Point Estate.51.7 |
| Original Dimensions: | 5.5 x 3.5 inches |
| This photograph is from an album created by Ernst Schmidt during his time as a University of Wisconsin student. Schmidt was the grandson of Chicago brewer Conrad Seipp. An article on the fire was published in the Wisconsin State Journal on January 13, 1914. See also Image ID: 119130 for another view of this fire. |
| This image is issued by the Wisconsin Department of Administration. Use of the image requires written permission from the staff of the Collections Division. It may not be sold or redistributed, copied or distributed as a photograph, electronic file, or any other media. The image should not be significantly altered through conventional or electronic means. Images altered beyond standard cropping and resizing require further negotiation with a staff member. The user is responsible for all issues of copyright. Please Credit: Wisconsin Historical Society. |
| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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