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Fire on State Street

Date: 1977
Description: Fire on second floor of turret tower in a brick building at the corner of State and Johnson Streets.
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The Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: The Hotel Washington being destroyed by a fire on Feb. 18, 1996.
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Capitol Fire

Date: 02 1904
Description: A crowd watches as a stream of water is trained on the south wing of the burning third Wisconsin State Capitol. The Centennial Fountain, with a winter cove...
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Capitol Fire

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: A view of the smoldering third Wisconsin State Capitol. The roof of the west wing has collapsed; debris litters the steps.
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Quality Service Laundry Fire

Date: 11 07 1953
Description: Fire fighters standing on the roof of Quality Service Laundry at 1202 Regent Street as smoke is billowing out from below.
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Quality Service Laundry Fire

Date: 12 07 1953
Description: Onlookers are standing in the street as a fire burns at Quality Service Laundry, 1202 Regent Street, showing the corner of Regent and Charter Streets.
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Fire Victims

Date: 12 21 1953
Description: Portrait of Martha Verriden with her 14 month old son, Stevie. They lost their home and possessions in a fire at their trailer home at Oak Park Trailer Cou...
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Filming a Prescribed Prairie Burn

Date: 1953
Description: Disney film crew in UW-Madison Arboretum's Curtis Prairie filming a prescribed burn.
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Madison Fire Insurance Co. Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of the Madison Fire Insurance Company of Madison, Wisconsin, with five different typefaces, distinct fields, elaborate capital letters "F" and "...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew filming a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A camer...
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Filming The Vanishing Prairie

Date: 04 13 1953
Description: Disney film crew shooting a prescribed burn at the University of Wisconsin-Madison Arboretum for inclusion in the film The Vanishing Prairie. A came...
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Pachinko

Date: 05 04 2000
Description: Publicity photograph of the four band members from Pachinko, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Mike Henry, Brian Bresch, Greg Norman a...
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Fire 600 Block of East Main

Date: 01 04 1958
Description: Exterior view of buildings damaged by a gas explosion and fire in the 600 block of East Main Street, near the 200 block of North Blount Street. Pictured is...
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Burnt Buildings

Date: 01 04 1958
Description: View of a badly damaged house at left, and a pile of rubble in the background where the home of William and Gladys McGrath once stood. Both McGraths were k...
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Aftermath of Fire

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: View of the badly damaged house at left, and a pile of rubble at right where the home of William and Gladys McGrath once stood. Both McGraths were killed i...
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Maple Bluff Fire

Date: 04 26 1958
Description: Group portrait of five youth who sounded a fire alarm when a fire broke out at the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Street in Maple Bluff. Left to ri...
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Brandes Heating Company Explosion and Fire

Date: 06 10 1958
Description: Police and spectators watch as firemen battle a blaze at Brandes Heating Co., 2046 Winnebago Street.
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Fire at Kindschi Leather Company

Date: 12 07 1958
Description: A stubborn fire smoldered in the walls of the Kindschi Leather Company at 120 South Pinckney Street. The 80-year-old building known as the Burrows building...
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Fire at Kindschi Leather Company

Date: 12 07 1958
Description: A stubborn fire smoldered in the walls of the Kindschi Leather Company at 120 South Pinckney Street. The 80-year-old building known as the Burrows building...
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Fire at Kindschi Leather Company

Date: 12 07 1958
Description: A stubborn fire smoldered in the walls of the Kindschi Leather Company, 120 South Pinckney Street. The 80-year-old building, known as the Burrows building,...

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