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Filter: Creator Name of Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972
| Date: | 09 13 1944 |
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| Description: | Portrait of Edward J. Page, selected as new chief of Fire Department by the Police and Fire Commission. He is a fourteen year veteran of the Fire Departmen... |
| Date: | 09 30 1944 |
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| Description: | Retiring Madison Fire Department Chief Richard Widmann with new Chief, Edward J. Page. Mrs. Richard Widmann (Leonore) looks on. |
| Date: | 07 29 1945 |
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| Description: | Madison fire fighters load Red Cross boxes to send overseas. Each box contained 36 knit bags made and filled by volunteers, each bag contained a pencil, st... |
| Date: | 05 11 1947 |
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| Description: | Firemen at the scene of the Doyon Lumber Company fire, 638 West Mifflin Street. The Fiore coal silos are visible in the background. |
| Date: | 11 19 1947 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of three fire trucks at a fire in the Wisconsin State Journal building, 115-23 South Carroll Street. Other buildings on the street, looking ... |
| Date: | 06 14 1949 |
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| Description: | Retirement party for Stanley Oldham at the No. 7 fire station, 2410 Monroe Street. Standing, left to right, are: firemen William Ferger, Thomas Barry, Marv... |
| Date: | 09 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Maple Bluff fire chief Lawrence Nielsen places the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service. |
| Date: | 09 30 1949 |
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| Description: | Shorewood Hills fire chief Chris Bertelsen receives the first official dial call on Madison's new 100 percent dial phone service. The sign on the wall abov... |
| Date: | 03 02 1950 |
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| Description: | State Journal photographer Arthur M. Vinje, camera in hand, arrives at the scene of the fire at the Pyramid Motor Company, 434 West Gilman Street, to take ... |
| Date: | 04 05 1950 |
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| Description: | A reserve water tank truck with a 1,100 gallon capacity has been added to the town of Madison fire department to insure adequate water supply in fighting f... |
| Date: | 05 28 1952 |
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| Description: | Members of the Madison Firefighters union, Local 311, chose twelve-year-old Dick Hanson, son of Mr. and Mrs. Adrian (Inez) Hanson, 134 South Butler Street ... |
| Date: | 04 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Two firemen hold a ladder while going up a ladder to fight a fire that destroyed the interior of the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Road in Maple B... |
| Date: | 09 29 1959 |
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| Description: | Blooming Grove Fire Department Lt. John Robertstad installs an alert sign beneath the bedroom window of Lynn Stenrud to aid in rescue operations in the eve... |
| Date: | 12 07 1959 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 01 14 1960 |
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| Description: | Madison Fire Chief Edward Page, center, presents a plaque from the International Fire Chiefs Association to Maple Bluff's volunteer fire department for ach... |
| Date: | 01 31 1960 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen from Station No. 3 and their wives took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game in Milwaukee. Mayor Ivan Nestigen a... |
| Date: | 08 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen from Station No. 3 at 1217 Williamson Street, along with their wives, took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game ... |
| Date: | 08 10 1960 |
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| Description: | Madison firemen from Station No. 3 at 1217 Williamson Street, along with their wives, took 32 handicapped children to the Braves-Los Angeles baseball game ... |
| Date: | 09 19 1960 |
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| Description: | Carroll Kellor, right, talks to Oregon Fire Chief Norman Champion after escaping from the rubble of his explosion-wrecked store on Highway 14 (Oregon Road)... |
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