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| Date: | 03 19 1945 |
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| Description: | Living room wall and fireplace after the Bane residence explosion in North Bay, Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 03 19 1945 |
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| Description: | Upstairs bedroom of Bane residence damaged by explosion at North Bay, Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 03 19 1945 |
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| Description: | Upstairs bedroom of Bane residence damaged by explosion at North Bay, Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 03 19 1945 |
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| Description: | Basement after explosion, at the Bane residence at North Bay, Lake Mendota. |
| Date: | 08 17 1942 |
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| Description: | Damaged pump house after an oil tank explosion at Timlin Lumber Company, 2702 University Avenue. |
| Date: | 12 07 1941 |
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| Description: | The forward magazines of the USS Shaw exploding after a Japanese bomb set the fore aflame as it sat in dock at Pearl Harbor. The midships and stern ... |
| Date: | 12 29 1944 |
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| Description: | Man standing on bulk tanks at Cities Service Oil Company Plant, 815 East Main Street, where an explosion killed welder Harold Michelson. |
| Date: | 04 09 1945 |
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| Description: | Unidentified injured boy in hospital bed after surviving a quarry blast while playing with stolen dynamite, loaded into "trench motar" made of BB shot, and... |
| Date: | 04 09 1945 |
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| Description: | Police Sgt. Richard H. Rossmaessler is shown with various explosive devices that injured three boys in a quarry blast explosion. |
| Date: | 04 09 1945 |
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| Description: | A.M. Mickelson, 10 N. Owen Dr., inspecting the scene of the explosion at the base of Sunset point where three Madison boys were badly burned while playing ... |
| Date: | 08 11 1945 |
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| Description: | Exterior view of Dane County Oil Company, 1854 South Park Street, following an explosion of an anti-freeze can which killed one person and injured five. |
| Date: | 10 09 1946 |
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| Description: | Exterior of the house of Profesor Donald D. Lescohier, 1311 Morrison Street, damaged by a gas explosion in the kitchen, which was at first thought to have ... |
| Date: | 01 11 1948 |
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| Description: | The remains of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arlington in Columbia Cou... |
| Date: | 01 11 1948 |
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| Description: | The remains of the boiler tank of the Milwaukee Road railroad engine of the Portage to Madison passenger train, which exploded and derailed south of Arling... |
| Date: | 05 04 1948 |
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| Description: | A house trailer, owned by Edward Kirby, exploded at the Taylor trailer camp, 1038 South Park Street. The explosion was caused by a bottle gas leak. Kirby a... |
| Date: | 12 1942 |
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| Description: | An explosion set by trainees at Rio Hato Infantry Artillery School in Panama in a rural area, with trees and shrubs in the forground. |
| Date: | 09 20 1943 |
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| Description: | Drawing submitted to the State of Wisconsin for trademark registration. "A Sturdy, Timely Toy For Your Youngster. General Jeep." Features a drawing of four... |
| Date: | 08 31 1944 |
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| Description: | Smoke rising from Cezembre Island, just north of Saint-Malo on the north coast of France. The island, which took a tremendous shelling, can barely be seen ... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Rubble and destruction in Brest, France. A few trees and a sign are still standing. Bombed-out buildings are in the background. Robert Doyle's caption read... |
| Date: | 09 18 1944 |
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| Description: | Allied soldier posing in Brest, France, in front of a bombed-out building, smoking a cigarette. The street is covered with rubble. |
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