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Date: | 12 10 1951 |
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Description: | Peshtigo Fire Cemetery marker, shown on the site. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Aftermath of Peshtigo fire on October 8, 1871. Devastated landscape with deer carcass in foreground. The Peshtigo fire razed the small town of approximatel... |
Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the third Wisconsin State Capitol ablaze. |
Date: | 10 08 1871 |
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Description: | A portion of a page from the Madison Daily Democrat which gives an account of the Peshtigo fire. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Street scene showing destruction after Peshtigo fire. |
Date: | 1871 |
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Description: | Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Slightly elevated view of fire fighters on the side of a building and standing on the ground lifting people out of a building. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building. |
Date: | 1910 |
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Description: | Fire fighters on the ground spraying water from a fire hose. |
Date: | 06 13 1918 |
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Description: | "Here lies the remains of German in B.H.S." is written on the pavement next to a smoldering pile of German textbooks. A car is parked along the curb in the... |
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Description: | Forest destroyed by destructive logging followed by a fire. The right-hand side of the image shows where soil erosion has begun. |
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Description: | Photograph of an engraving from an unknown source depicting a group of Native American warriors herding white captives along a trail. A building burns in ... |
Date: | 12 11 1926 |
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Description: | Fire destroyed the Atlas Flour Mill, causing an estimated $100,000 in damage. Thirteen engine companies, six truck companies, and two fire boats fought the... |
Date: | 02 27 1904 |
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Description: | View of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27, 1904 from East Main Street at about 4:00 a.m. The East and West wings were destroyed, as was mu... |
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Description: | Fire fighting scene in which a man is at the top of a very tall ladder mounted on a hook and ladder fire truck. A group of men observe. A haze of smoke fil... |
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Description: | Furrows plowed to stop a forest fire in Douglas County along County N, west of Solon Springs. |
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