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| Date: | 1859 |
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| Description: | A page of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper detailing the sinking of the sidewheel passenger, Lady Elgin, in 1860. One sketch is of Edward... |
| Date: | 11 21 1976 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of the University of Wisconsin-Madison lifesaving station, 144 East Gilman Street near James Madison Park. It was designed by Law, Law, Potte... |
| Date: | 10 01 1958 |
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| Description: | Milwaukee County Stadium on the day of the first game of the 1958 World Series, between the Milwaukee Braves and the New York Yankees. A man is climbing th... |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | Stereograph of rescuers and onlookers standing among the wreckage in the wake of a cyclone. Bare trees, horses, houses, and a church steeple are in the bac... |
| Date: | 05 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Charles Hargrove, age 12, sitting at the bedside of Robert Byrnes, age 9, after Charles pulled Robert from Murphy Creek on Madison's south side. The boys h... |
| Date: | 07 12 1950 |
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| Description: | Mrs. Robert S. Lincoln, 3118 Buena Vista Street, receives an award from police officer Lester Shore for her "heroine efforts" in saving 3-year-old Kurt Wis... |
| Date: | 1875 |
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| Description: | The International Order of the Odd Fellows (I.O.O.F.) serve their fellow man by following the tenets of Friendship, Love, and Truth. A secret society for t... |
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| Description: | Three-quarter length cabinet card portrait of Captain N.A. Peterson, a native of Milwaukee, Wisconsin, who was master and part owner of the schooner “Selt”... |
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| Description: | "Theresa Lions purchased this 'Annie' to practice CPR. Members are Bernie Adelmeyer, demonstrating, from left: Jim Wiseman, Ed Guelig, Neil Coulter, Harvey... |
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| Description: | Page from Joy Camps photo album displaying three photographs. Two of the photographs show campers and counselors working in resuscitation classes along the... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of group of men posing with Atlantic GO Patrol vehicles. Includes four Scouts, two helicopters, and a police vehicle. |
| Date: | 01 20 1954 |
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| Description: | Chatting about previous fire fighting experiences are (from left to right): Captain Arthur Wilcox, Firemen Russell Mani, and Wilbur Wright. They are sittin... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Robert Risser, Jr., of 3806 Hammersley Road, on duty watching for boaters in distress on Lake Mendota from the U.W. Lifesaving Services lookout. He is usin... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | View across water towards the U.W. Lifesaving Services rescue boat, "Isabel III," with Captain Harvey Black at the helm speeding to assist a distressed boa... |
| Date: | 06 13 1954 |
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| Description: | Captain Harvey Black, in aviator sunglasses at the helm, skippers the rescue boat, "Isabel III," speeding towards a stranded sail boater on Lake Mendota. T... |
| Date: | 05 22 1957 |
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| Description: | Air Guard Lt. Dan Torphy preparing for a training flight from Truax Field by putting on a Mae West life preserver over his flight suit. He is being helped ... |
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