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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...
Photograph

Parade

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Description: View down street towards a crowd of people, sitting or standing on the side of the street, or on top of the buildings, watching a parade. A firetruck from ...
Photograph

Fire Trucks on Fair Grounds

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Description: Elevated view of fire trucks parked in rows at a fairgrounds, with a crowd of people walking between them. In the background is a large tent advertising co...
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Fire Trucks

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Description: Elevated view of a crowd walking among fire trucks parked in rows at an outdoor fairgrounds.
Postcard

Hotel Superior Fire

Date: 06 18 1940
Description: Crowds standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. People are being rescued with a ladder and others have esca...

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