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| Date: | 06 13 1918 |
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| Description: | "Here lies the remains of German in B.H.S." is written on the pavement next to a smoldering pile of German textbooks. A car is parked along the curb in the... |
| Date: | 11 1883 |
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| Description: | The ruins of the unfinished South Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol after its collapse while still under construction. |
| Date: | 1915 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames. |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | A photograph of a painting depicting the bomb exploding at police as they approach the wagon to tell the crowd to disperse from Haymarket Square. Shrapnel ... |
| Date: | 05 04 1886 |
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| Description: | Photograph of a painting depicting a confrontation between police and protesters at the Haymarket in Chicago. Smoke from an explosion drifts in the backgro... |
| Date: | 06 17 1915 |
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| Description: | Several men try to extinquish a fire in an ice house, which is known as the Conklin Fire. |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Four telephone operators pose on the steps of the Black River Falls Exchange Office Building. The second woman from the bottom is probably Mrs. W.E. (Hagen... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of Black River Falls after the flood of 1911. Several men and youth are visible in the foreground, in addition to the new dam construction. |
| Date: | 10 10 1916 |
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| Description: | View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building... |
| Date: | 10 10 1916 |
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| Description: | View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building... |
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| Description: | View from street of remaining storefronts of two damaged buildings. |
| Date: | 07 04 1960 |
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| Description: | Landscape view of a flooded field at sunrise. |
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| Description: | A group of flood victims stand in the rain after (Hurricane) Betsy at Algers Naval Base, where conditions were inadequate for them. |
| Date: | 1921 |
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| Description: | View of a stump as it's being blown up with explosives in a field on a farm. In the background is a train. |
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| Description: | The wreckage of buildings on the John Hedler farm after a tornado. An intact wooden barrel and part of a wooden fence stands in the center foreground. A la... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View of the wreckage of wooden structures lying on the shoreline of a river after a flood. A dam across the river has been partially washed away. A man is ... |
| Date: | 1903 |
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| Description: | View from railroads tracks of the wreckage of wooden buildings left behind after a flood. Intact buildings are visible in a skyline in the distance, and pe... |
| Date: | 1935 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a man wearing a vest and tie stoking a furnace. |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of man examining a rowboat while crouching in the water wearing boots. Behind him is a ferry. There are several men on the shore watch... |
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