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CUNA Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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Doyon Lumber Co. Fire Scene

Date: 08 11 1934
Description: Doyon Lumber Co., following a warehouse fire, located at 638 West Mifflin Street.
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Donald Krueger in Burned Motorboat

Date: 07 20 1934
Description: Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w...
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Chapman Home Exterior from Southeast after Fire

Date: 12 29 1932
Description: View from hill looking down at the Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home exterior from the southeast after the fire. There is a man near the porch entrance.
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Ruins, Royal Airport Hangar

Date: 08 16 1932
Description: Ruins of the Royal Airport hangar after a fire. Viewed from the road.
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Burned Auto Truck Cabin

Date: 06 08 1931
Description: Two pieces of a burned out auto truck cabin, where Enos Williams died in Mount Horeb. Onlookers are standing nearby.
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Fire Fighters

Date: 05 21 1931
Description: Group portrait of five fire fighters after their rescue from the blazing roof of the building that was burned in the fire. From left to right, they are E.A...
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Building Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ...
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Freedom House Burning

Date: 1967
Description: Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h...
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SNCC Group Near Burned Church

Date: 1962
Description: Student Non-Violence Coordinating Committee (SNCC) workers pray together near the burned remains of a church in southwestern Georgia.
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International Model SF-34 1927 Fire Truck

Date: 04 12 1926
Description: Two men sitting in an International Model SF-34 1927 fire truck marked "Ogdensburg, N.Y." They are parked in front of what appears to be a fire station.
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Killdozer

Date: 02 1995
Description: Publicity photograph of the three band members of Killdozer, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Bill Hobson, Michael Gerald (holding ci...
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Forest Fire

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Description: View across a field towards thick smoke billowing from a forest fire. People are in an open field in the distance. A road with trucks parked along it runs ...
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Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Official Marker

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Indoor group portrait of men posed with the Wisconsin Official Marker. From left to right on either side of the marker are: Clifford Lord, Secretary of Sit...
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Farmall M Tractor Moving a Railroad Car Away from a Fire

Date: 1947
Description: Two men on a Farmall M tractor are moving a railroad car loaded with alfalfa meal away from a fire at Piehl Alfalfa Mill.

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