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Fire Station on State Street

Date: 1902
Description: Station #2 of the Madison Fire Department at 125 State Street. Several men in uniform pose in front of the building with a horse-drawn wagon. A sign on the...
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Fire Company Wagon

Date: 1868
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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Ladder Wagon Racing to Fire

Date: 1895
Description: A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets.
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Horse-Drawn Fire Engines

Date: 1900
Description: A view of two horse-drawn engines. The engine to the left has three horses attached, with three firemen sitting in the wagon. The water tank is on the left...
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Fire Station No. 4

Date: 1910
Description: A view of two horse-drawn engines sitting in front of the fire station. The engine on the left holds the water tank and is pulled by two horses. Two men ...
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Spotswood Fire Department Engine

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Description: A view of the engine, with four men posing on it, one in front and three in the back. It is parked in an empty lot, with a house to the left. This struct...
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Fire Department

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Description: A view of the fire department and its engines. The garage consists of two bays, with a small, circular window placed above, the gabled roof forming a tria...
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Brandywine Fire Department

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Description: A view of the fire department and two engines in the middle of the street. The engine on the left contains three men, one at the wheel and two standing on...
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Washington Fire Company, No. 1

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Description: A view of the station and two engines. The brick building has two garage doors, with a door to the left, set off with a stone arch. The building has three...
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Valdosta Fire Department

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Description: A portrait of the firemen, standing in front of the engine. The engine is seen from the side, and eight men, in uniform pose, five in front of the engine, ...
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Enid Fire Department

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Description: A portrait of the firemen posed with the engine, parked in the middle of the street. The five men are grouped closely together, two sitting on the side of ...
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Fire at Das Pioneer Bier Haus

Date: 11 1991
Description: "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr...
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Fire Department

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Description: Five men posed on a firetruck in the middle of a street in a business district. Storefronts are in the background on the left and right.
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Buick Auto Garage

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Description: View across road of D.A. Meister's Garage, with a fire truck parked in front and an automobile parked at the curb on the right. One boy is sitting on the f...
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Unconscious Woman

Date: 2012
Description: A woman is lying unconscious on the sidewalk, with two people at her side, on the corner of 4th & Pearl Streets. The Heavy Rescue fire truck has arrived wi...
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Fire in the Wisconsin Building

Date: 01 13 1914
Description: A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com...
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Sid on Back of Fire Engine

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Description: View across street towards Sid standing on the back of a fire engine with a cigar in his mouth. In the background are storefronts destroyed by fire and cov...
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New London Firetruck and Firefighters

Date: 1918
Description: Group portrait of the New London Fire Department posing around their fire engine. They are wearing firefighting gear, coats, boots, helmets and tools in th...
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International Fire Trucks to 10 California Departments

Date: 12 07 1973
Description: Two men are standing on a sidewalk in front of a fire truck. News release accompanying the photograph is titled: "International Fire Trucks to 10 Californi...
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Central Fire Station

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Central Fire Station, Sheboygan, Wis." Three horse-drawn vehicles are surrounded by uniformed firemen. There is a dog in the buggy to...

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