Photograph
Truax Barracks Fire
| Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resulting fire. Walter's wife, Dorothy, was also carried from the apartment but died later in a hospital. The neighbors in the picture are, left to right: Henry Osborne, a construction worker; Floyd Boyles, a county highway employee; William Ashley, a mechanic at Oscar Mayer and Company; and Donald Crabtree, a driver for the Royal Crown soft drink firm, holding his daughter Darcey Lee. The dog in the picture belonged to the Alburn family. |
| Image ID: | 56335 |
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| Creation Date: | 12 06 1948 |
| Creator Name: | Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 |
| City: | Madison |
| County: | Dane |
| State: | Wisconsin |
| Collection Name: | Arthur M. Vinje photographs and negatives, circa 1914-circa 1962 |
| Genre: | Photograph |
| Original Format Type: | negative, original |
| Original Format Number: | PH 6442.2121D |
| Original Dimensions: | 5 x 4 inches |
| One of five images. Published in the Wisconsin State Journal on Dec. 6, 1948. |
| Barracks |
| Children |
| Indoor photography |
| Men |
| Portraits, Group |
| Smoking |
| Dogs |
| Clothing and dress |
| Fires |
| Dwellings |
| Furniture |
| Neighborhoods |
| Cigarettes |
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| Location: | Wisconsin Historical Society Archives, 4th Floor, Madison, Wisconsin |
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