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Fire Trucks

Date: 05 1995
Description: "Theresa Fire Department."
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Fire Truck Initiation

Date: 06 1996
Description: "When Theresa firemen purchased a new truck, as is customary, other fire departments came to initiate the new truck."
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New Fire Truck

Date: 06 1996
Description: "New fire truck celebration at Theresa."
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Fire Truck Initiation

Date: 06 1996
Description: "Fire Chief Bob Bogenschneider 'cuts' a cake with a fire axe."
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) talking with New York City firemen who were involved in the rescue and recovery effort after the attack on the ...
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View from Atop Ladder Truck of Parade

Date: 1971
Description: Looking down the length of a fire engine ladder truck during a Fire Prevention Week Parade. On the right is a float with a picture of a child and the words...
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Fire Department

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Description: Five men posed on a firetruck in the middle of a street in a business district. Storefronts are in the background on the left and right.
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New Fire Trucks Undergo Tests

Date: 12 07 1959
Description: Madison's two new fire department pumper trucks, purchased for a total of $43,128, are being tested at the Tenney Park Locks by Assistant Fire Chief John H...
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Inside the Firetruck

Date: 07 1983
Description: Theresa firemen participate in the Knowles Annual 4th of July Picnic and Parade.
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Three Firemen

Date: 04 1988
Description: Firemen Joel Graff, Craig Hahn and Max Zastrow pose in front of the firehouse.
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Fire Department Queen

Date: 06 1988
Description: Tammy Nickel poses as the newly crowned Theresa Fire Department Queen.
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Wehrmann's Travel Shop Fire

Date: 01 31 1960
Description: View of Wehrmann's Travel Shop storefront at 508 State Street with a fire truck parked outside. The shop was destroyed by fire late Sunday night. The Unive...
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International Harvester Scout Fire Truck

Date: 10 15 1964
Description: International Harvester Scout fire truck. Original caption reads: "Photograph MW-441-- A fire-fighting adaptation of the Scout by International has been pl...
Postcard

Collins Volunteer Fire Department

Date: 1910
Description: Photographic postcard of the Collins fire department volunteers, a fire wagon, the fire house and a nearby grain elevator. Caption reads: "C.V.F.D., Collin...
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The Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us...
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Ice and the Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: Water from firehoses has frozen into ice that coats power wires, trees, and pumps at the gas station next to the Hotel Washington, which burns in the backg...
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Ruins of the Hotel Washington

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: Firefighters attempt to extinguish the blaze destroying the Hotel Washington. Most of the building has collapsed.
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Madison Fire Department Opening Announcement

Date: 05 14 1886
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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First Fireman Drill Center for Madison Firefighters

Date: 11 11 1964
Description: Madison firefighters shown scaling ladders at the first permanent training center. It was originally a military theater for Truax Field and then the Madiso...
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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...

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