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Fire Company Invitation

Date: 02 04 1864
Description: Embossed invitation to the fourth masquerade ball of the Madison Fire Engine Company #2. The invitation depicts a fire fighter on a ladder carrying a woman...
Photograph

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...
Photograph

Baxter House

Date: 1912
Description: View from across road of Baxter House, a two-story wooden structure. A man is sitting on the roof working on the chimney. A bell tower is seen behind the r...
Postcard

Boy Holding Bells

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Description: Photographic postcard of a studio portrait of an unidentified boy. He wears a hat and a woolen jumpsuit, and holds some bells in his hands. In the backgrou...
Photograph

Engine No. 812

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 812, class G5, built by Schenectady Locomotive Works in December of 1890. There is a device on the right ...
Photograph

Switch Engine No. 1079

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1079, class J2. The engineer was Philip Currie and the fireman was Edward C. McNeill. The third man in th...
Photograph

Engine No. 1155

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Description: Chicago, Milwaukee, & St. Paul Railway engine no. 1155, class I4, built by the company's shop in 1901. Posing in front of the engine from left to right, ar...
Photograph

Crowd of People Viewing the Liberty Bell

Date: 1976
Description: A crowd gathered around the Liberty Bell.
Photograph

Liberty Bell

Date: 1976
Description: A blonde woman in black boots is standing beside the Liberty Bell. Behind her is a crowd of people.
Photograph

Scene at Plain

Date: 1921
Description: View of men standing near a T-intersection. The three-story building on the left side of the intersection has a sandwich board advertising "Ice Cream." A m...
Photograph

Main Street Looking East

Date: 1912
Description: View down Main Street. On the left is a bowling alley/billiard parlor, a real estate/insurance business, and a livery/garage. On the next block is City Hal...
Photograph

Clowns at Cheese Day

Date: 10 24 1930
Description: A line of clowns and assorted pantomime animals dressed up for Cheese Day. The animals include; a horse, a woodchuck, a bear, a giraffe and an elephant. A ...
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Guido's Supper Club New Year's Eve Menu

Date: 12 31
Description: One-page menu for New Year's Eve from Guido's Supper Club, with a photograph of owner Bill Wells, a spot illustration of a lobster near the surf and turf "...
Book or Pamphlet

Old Settlers' Club Banquet Menu

Date: 02 22 1901
Description: Front cover and middle pages from the annual banquet of the Old Settlers' Club. The front cover includes a circular portrait of club president A.G. Weisser...
Photograph

North Bend Hotel

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Description: View towards men and women posing sitting and standing in front of a wooden building. The top of a windmill behind the building rises above the roof. Ident...
Photograph

Firefighters Posing with Ambulance Model S-26 1926 (Custom)

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Two firefighters are standing next to a fire department ambulance, Model S-26 1926 (custom), parked outside the open doorway of a Fire Department building....
Photograph

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...
Postcard

City Hall

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "City Hall, Ripon, Wis." View across public square towards a brick building with ornate exterior decorations and a bell tower with a b...
Postcard

Ripon City Hall and Airplane

Date: 1910
Description: Tall Tale postcard of the City Hall with an airplane added on the right. Text reads: "Ripon, Wis." The City Hall is a brick building with ornate exterior d...

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