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| Date: | 04 15 1950 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters from neighboring communities help put out at a nighttime fire in the downtown business district. |
| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | The Madison City Water Works pumping station at the intersection of Gorham and Livingston which provided pressure to the city's mains. A group of people st... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
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| Description: | Three men in a horse-drawn fire engine racing down a downtown street. |
| Date: | 05 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Firemen at the scene of the Doyon Lumber Company fire, 638 West Mifflin Street. The Fiore coal silos are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Spectators and fireman at the Fitzgibbons building fire downtown. |
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| Description: | Fire at the elevator of the Atlas Flour Mill. Two men are working a water hose tower in the center, and fire fighters are aiming jets of water at the buil... |
| Date: | 06 19 1962 |
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| Description: | Old fire fighting equipment outdoors at the "Pioneer Village," a tourist attraction. |
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| Description: | View of a winding path with metal handrails leading up the side of a mountain to a fire lookout tower. |
| Date: | 06 12 1899 |
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| Description: | A firetruck with its hose hanging into the water is surrounded by debris and other wreckage left from a tornado. |
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| Description: | A view of the Saint James, Long Island fire station. In the middle bay, the fire engine protrudes out into the driveway. Another engine sits inside the s... |
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| Description: | A view of the Mastic, Long Island firemen. A fire engine is parked on the street, to the left of the station. Five firemen are posing in it, two in the fro... |
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| Description: | A view of the building and engine. The building, made of brick, contains a garage door opening in an arch shape, accented by the brickwork around the arch... |
| Date: | 05 01 1952 |
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| Description: | Two fire fighters are shown holding a hose with liquid shooting out of its nozzle while two other fire fighters look on. Behind them is a lake. |
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| Description: | Uniformed men of Hose Company #2 fire station line up with a wagon and fire extinguishing equipment in front of the brick building. |
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| Description: | Front view of the multi-story brick Fireman's Hall. A tower with a lookout at the top extends from the roof. A forested hill and dwellings appear in the ... |
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| Description: | Several uniformed fire fighters stand outside the Dougan Hills Fire Department in a driveway near two fire engines. The two-story fire station is covered ... |
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| Description: | Exterior view of a firehouse building featuring two-story columns, a balcony, and stonework. A paved road leads to the structure and town buildings are vis... |
| Date: | 02 1904 |
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| Description: | A crowd watches as a stream of water is trained on the south wing of the burning third Wisconsin State Capitol. The Centennial Fountain, with a winter cove... |
| Date: | 11 07 1953 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters standing on the roof of Quality Service Laundry at 1202 Regent Street as smoke is billowing out from below. |
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