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Old Science Hall

Date: 1884
Description: View from Bascom Hill towards the west facade of the original Science Hall building (1876-1884) on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus after the fir...
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Fire Damage to Home

Date: 03 13 1949
Description: Police Officer Walter E. Randall looking at fire damage to the bedroom of Dorothy Meager, 111 North Blair Street.
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Demolition of University of Wisconsin-Madison Science Hall

Date: 1885
Description: View down Bascom Hill of Science Hall (1876-1884) in the process of being demolished.
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Oscar Mayer Shower for Fire Victim

Date: 09 26 1949
Description: Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, present gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to righ...
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Shower for Fire Victim

Date: 09 26
Description: Three women, employees of Oscar Mayer Company, hand gifts to co-worker Irene Loveland, who lost her home and personal possessions in a fire. Left to right...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Firemen are carrying a hose up an extension ladder during a fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street.
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Madison fireman Arnold Moen lying on the ground near two other firemen. He was overcome by smoke at the Ann Emery Hall fire at 263-71 Langdon Street.
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Three residents are observing the fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street. From left are Carole Rathkakmp (Wauwatosa), Sharon Scott (Wauwatosa), and ...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Four residents in the lobby of Ann Emery Hall, 623-71 Langdon Street, waiting for permission to return to their rooms after a fire. From left are Marilynn ...
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Ann Emery Hall Fire

Date: 10 25 1949
Description: Slightly elevated vie of the crowd gathering in Langdon Street to observe the fire at Ann Emery Hall, 263-71 Langdon Street.
Poster

"The Women are Coming"

Date: 04 23 1971
Description: Poster promoting the "Survival Revival Women's Conference." The poster features an American flag patterned castle in flames with a parade of women marching...
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Fire at Yellow Truck Lines, Inc.

Date: 01 13 1950
Description: A fire and the ensuing blast destroy Yellow Truck Lines, Inc. garage at 2526 Ruskin Avenue.
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Fire at Yellow Truck Lines, Inc.

Date: 01 13 1950
Description: Fire at Yellow Truck Lines, Inc., 2526 Ruskin Avenue. Before explosion.
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House Fire Scene

Date: 02 08 1950
Description: Smoldering ruins of the Virgil Normington home in the town of Madison, a half-mile south of the Badger School on E. Badger Road at Rimrock Road.
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Fire At Pyramid Motor Cmpany

Date: 03 02 1950
Description: Spectators watch as black smoke pours from the burning second floor of the Pyramid Motor Company at 434 West Gilman Street after a gas tank explosion that ...
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Fire at Pyramid Motor Company

Date: 03 02 1950
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 ...
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Fire at Pyramid Motor Cmpany

Date: 03 02 1950
Description: Portrait of Calvin Beverly, age 40, of 807 Mound Street. Beverly was one of seven employees of the Pyramid Motor Company, located at 434 West Gilman Street...
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Bank Building Fire

Date: 11 19 1950
Description: Fire damage in the basement of the Capital City Bank building, 111 King Street. A man wearing boots surveys the rubble.
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Fire at Volunteers of America Building

Date: 02 04 1951
Description: Major Ira E. Nolte, Madison district commander of the Volunteers of America, inspects the wreckage left by a fire which destroyed two basement supply rooms...
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Bus Fire

Date: 05 01 1951
Description: A Madison fire truck parks at the scene of a Greyhound bus fire at the corner of East Main Street and South Pinckney Street in front of the S.S. Kresge sto...

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