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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: | Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Drawing of the Peshtigo Fire, showing people seeking refuge in the Peshtigo River. |
| Date: | 11 13 1909 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard of people gathering around an air shaft of a mine in after a mining disaster. Caption reads: "(?) at Mine Disaster showing wrecked ai... |
| 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: | 02 13 1915 |
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| Description: | Two men traveling in a horse-drawn wagon on a flooded rural road. Original caption reads: "Example of road building in Lamar County on the Vernon-Columbus ... |
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| Description: | Illustration of a man driving a horse-drawn wagon out of burning woodland. |
| Date: | 06 23 1944 |
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| Description: | Tornado damage at Truax Field area. Paul Gritzmacher and a cow are in the damaged barn. |
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| Description: | Man riding a horse into town, in front of the old Catholic Church which lost its steeple in a storm. |
| Date: | 1920 |
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| Description: | Industrial safety poster or sign featuring pin-up girls. The poster reminds factory workers to wear their safety goggles. The poster reads: "O Baby! Can yo... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Starting the Tractor". The cartoon depicts a man riding ... |
| Date: | 1958 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon is below the heading: "Steering the Tractor". The cartoon depicts a man riding a per... |
| Date: | 01 09 1883 |
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| Description: | A large crowd is on the street surrounding the burning building. Fire fighters are struggling with horses pulling the fire engine, and on the left a group... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Three horse-drawn fire engines are in the street with steam rising from their tanks. Other fire vehicles are to the right. Many pedestrians are on the stre... |
| Date: | 12 06 1948 |
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| Description: | Four Truax barracks apartment neighbors who rescued Walter Alburn and two of his children from the Alburn apartment after a kerosene explosion and resultin... |
| Date: | 1884 |
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| Description: | View across Park Street of Science Hall building after the fire of December 1, 1884, on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. The building's exterior... |
| Date: | 04 01 1925 |
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| Description: | Men readying a line of McCormick-Deering 10-20 tractors for delivery for "tri-state tornado" victims. The tractors are parked in a row near what appears to... |
| Date: | 04 15 1925 |
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| Description: | Boys using hand tools to work in a field. A mule-drawn wagon is in the background. They are all wearing hats and overalls. |
| Date: | 1925 |
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| Description: | Men and horses walk through an area damaged by the "tri-state tornado." |
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