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| Date: | 02 22 1950 |
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| Description: | Exterior side view of Dane Co. Home For The Aged, showing porches and a dangerous fire escape. The newspaper headline calls the building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 02 23 1950 |
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| Description: | Metal fire escape at rear of the Dane County Home For The Aged. Newspaper calls building a "fire trap." |
| Date: | 04 08 1957 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of G.A.R. (Grand Army of the Republic) Memorial Hall at 118 Monona Avenue (Martin Luther King Boulevard). The building was three windows wide... |
| Date: | 12 04 1957 |
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| Description: | Interior view of a room. The window on the far wall is partially boarded up. The cabinet door under the sink is ajar, the floor has broken or missing piece... |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | Two children in winter coats and boots posing outside a building. Bricks are scattered on the ground behind them, and the building has cracked windows. |
| Date: | 1955 |
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| Description: | View from street towards the exterior of a damaged building. Bricks and boards are scattered outside it. The roof is missing, and windows are cracked or mi... |
| Date: | 12 04 1957 |
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| Description: | A man in a hat and coat posing opening a cellar door inside a building. Bare shelves and cupboards are beside him. |
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