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House Damaged by Fallen Tree

Date: 09 02 1948
Description: A garage and house at 537 S. Randall Avenue after a gust of wind blew two box elder trees into them. The trees were at the rear of the Owen F. Glissendorf'...
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Milwaukee Breakwater Light in Storm

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Description: A large wave is breaking against the side of the Milwaukee breakwater lighthouse. There is a ship on the left, in the distance beyond the jetty.
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Farm Landscape

Date: 05 18 1966
Description: An upland field prepared for planting. In the distance, several farm buildings are visible beneath large storm clouds.
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Tornado Touchdown in a Field

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Description: A tornado touching down in a field by a fence. The funnel widens out dramatically on the mid-horizon into a dark, sky-filling cloud.
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Storm Damage with Trailers

Date: 07 08 1951
Description: Four people are in the foreground overlooking two storm damaged large trailer homes, one piled on top of another. They and the trailers are at Elver Traile...
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Oil Fields with Smoke

Date: 1920
Description: Elevated view of smoke rising from the oil fields in the distance, resulting from an electrical storm.
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Cambridge Storm

Date: 07 06 1954
Description: Gerual Simonsen's barn, on the edge of Cambridge, destroyed by a wind storm.

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