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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
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| Description: | Families huddled in a field in the Sugar Bushes, attempting to escape the Peshtigo Fire. |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of an elevated view of people walking to the mine (in the distance) after a disaster. Caption reads: "Scene at Mine Disaster, Cherry,... |
| Date: | 07 1927 |
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| Description: | A staged scene showing a car passing a truck while another car is coming the other way. The photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural... |
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| Description: | Dummy straddling the rear drive shaft of an International Harvester tractor in a demonstration of the hazards of carelessness. |
| Date: | 08 1927 |
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| Description: | Staged scene of a toddler playing with shot gun shells and a hammer. This photograph was taken for International Harvester's Agricultural Extension Departm... |
| Date: | 1883 |
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| Description: | Lithographed advertising card for the Oliver Chilled Plow Works commemorating the new year, 1884. The card features two color illustrations within a gold f... |
| Date: | 08 11 1934 |
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| Description: | Doyon Lumber Co., following a warehouse fire, located at 638 West Mifflin Street. |
| Date: | 05 11 1914 |
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| Description: | The ruins of the Dreher farm after it was hit by a tornado. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Truax Field tornado damage, 2 miles north of Truax Field. Francis Lockman, son of Mr. and Mrs. Everett Lockman, is sitting on the seat of their tractor whi... |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Barn damage with house in background. Two horses survived in the barn despite the damage around them. |
| Date: | 07 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage near Truax Field in Madison. The Gritzmacher farm milk house was twisted and shattered by the wind. A group of people are looking at the dam... |
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| Description: | Four boys are posing standing and sitting among the debris of a collapsed wooden building at the Jackson County Fairgrounds, probably caused by a tornado. ... |
| Date: | 02 25 1947 |
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| Description: | Pigs in fenced-in tennis court at Nakoma Park on Nakoma Road. A truck loaded with about 80 hogs overturned in the 3600 block of Nakoma Road near the arbore... |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety poster or sign illustrated with a cream separator. The poster advocates employee safety at International Harvester's Weber Works. The sig... |
| Date: | 1919 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety sign or poster featuring the "grim reaper" and advising factory workers to "be a booster for safety." The sign reads: "Gambling With Fate... |
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| Description: | Horton House at Highlander after a tornado. A tractor is pulling away a fallen tree. |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Safety cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Preparing Your Tractor for Each Day's Work". The ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | A safety cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Operating Your Tractor". The cartoon depicts a ... |
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