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Poster

Fire Company

Date: 1857
Description: A lithographic portrait by Louis Kurz (1833-1921) of Madison Fire Engine Company #2 posed with a hand pumper and hose cart in front of the design of the ne...
Photograph

Fire Wagon in Action

Date: 1895
Description: A hose wagon of the Madison fire department racing around the corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. A dog is chasing the wagon.
Photograph

Fourth of July Industrial Parade

Date: 07 1886
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...
Photograph

Town of Madison Volunteer Fire Fighters

Date: 02 13 1948
Description: Town of Madison Volunteer Firemen Association holding their first meeting under its new constitution at the Hillcrest School, Mineral Point Road. Pictured ...
Photograph

Hurley Fire Department Firefighters

Date: 1930
Description: Group portrait of nineteen men of the Hurley Fire Department wearing hats and dress shirts. Many of the men are also wearing suit jackets. They are posed a...
Photograph

Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade

Date: 08 1982
Description: "Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade."
Photograph

Theresa Fire Company

Date: 03 1983
Description: "Theresa Fire Company."
Photograph

Fire at Das Pioneer Bier Haus

Date: 11 1991
Description: "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr...
Photograph

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."
Photograph

New Fire Truck

Date: 06 1996
Description: "New fire truck celebration at Theresa."
Photograph

Obey and Young at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) and Florida Congressman Young tour the destruction at the World Trade Center with an FBI guide a few days after...
Photograph

7 World Trade Center

Date: 2001
Description: Seven World Trade Center, the ruins of a World Trade Center building that was so severely damaged by the collapse of the North Tower on 9/11 that it collap...
Photograph

Clinton at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Former President Bill Clinton, in the center without a hardhat, touring conditions at Ground Zero a few days after 9/11. In the background is the Verizon b...
Photograph

Inside the Firetruck

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

Theresa Firemen's Parade

Date: 08 1995
Description: Street view of Theresa Firemen's Parade.
Postcard

West Side Fire Station

Date: 
Description: Elevated view of a fire station with men on horse-drawn fire wagons in front. One wagon has a pump; the other has ladders. Caption reads: "West Side Fire S...
Photograph

Hook and Ladder Company No. 1

Date: 10 16 1865
Description: Outdoor group portrait of the members of Milwaukee Hook and Ladder Company No. 1. Two men are posing behind the group on a platform bearing several U.S. fl...
Postcard

Central Fire Station

Date: 1907
Description: Text on front reads: "Central Fire Station, Sheboygan, Wis." Three horse-drawn vehicles are surrounded by uniformed firemen. There is a dog in the buggy to...

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