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| Date: | 1876 |
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| Description: | Invitation to the annual ball at Turner Hall, sponsored by Madison's Andrew Proudfit Steam Fire Engine Company #2. The company, which was organized in 1870... |
| Date: | 07 1886 |
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| Description: | Intersection of 4th and Steele Streets facing east. The building in the lower right is the Knipfer building, now Algoma Mercantile. Bunting adorns the Boed... |
| Date: | 02 22 1949 |
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| Description: | Assistant Fire Chief Sebastian C.A. Ratcliffe shaking hands with three fire fighters with whom he has teamed to fight many fires in Madison. The photograph... |
| Date: | 07 04 1951 |
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| Description: | Children riding in a 1923 vintage fire truck at the Shorewood Hills Fourth of July celebration. Driver of the truck is Dobby Dotson and with him in the pa... |
| Date: | 1975 |
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| Description: | "Eugene Gerlach is honored for his many years in the Fire Department. He is flanked by his grandson, Gene Koll, & Chief Bernard Adelmeyer." |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "When Theresa firemen purchased a new truck, as is customary, other fire departments came to initiate the new truck." |
| Date: | 06 1996 |
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| Description: | "Fire Chief Bob Bogenschneider 'cuts' a cake with a fire axe." |
| Date: | 07 1983 |
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| Description: | Theresa firemen participate in the Knowles Annual 4th of July Picnic and Parade. |
| Date: | 05 14 1886 |
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| Description: | Printed announcement of the opening of the Madison Fire Department. At the top, in a circular frame, is a fire fighter driving a horse-drawn fire engine. B... |
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| Description: | Four-fold, copy art Christmas card made by Sid with two photographs of damaged commercial buildings after a fire. In one image, Sid stands on the slushy st... |
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