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Peshtigo Fire II. Fire in Town

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Description: Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871.
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Peshtigo Smoke Stack Ruins

Date: 1871
Description: Ruins of building showing smokestack still standing after the Peshtigo fire. A group of men are standing on the left.
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Fire Fighters Rescuing Victims

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of fire fighters on the side of a building and standing on the ground lifting people out of a building.
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Fire Fighters on Ladders

Date: 1910
Description: Fire fighters on ladders climbing up to the windows of a burning building.
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Man on Tall Ladder

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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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Surveying Fire Damage in the Third Wisconsin State Capitol

Date: 1904
Description: The remains of a second floor corridor in the North Wing of the Third Wisconsin State Capitol after the fire of February 27-28, 1904. This photograph docum...
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Wisconsin State Capitol Fire

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: The east wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol is surrounded by onlookers during the disastrous fire that caused severe damage. The conflagration began...
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Donald Krueger in Burned Motorboat

Date: 07 20 1934
Description: Canoers paddle by to observe Don Krueger standing in the bow of the burned-out "Baby Gar Wood" speedboat after six University of Wisconsin women students w...
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Ruins from Fire

Date: 08 30 1931
Description: Ruins from fire. There are railroad tracks in the foreground, and people standing and looking at the damage.
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Burned Auto Truck Cabin

Date: 06 08 1931
Description: Two pieces of a burned out auto truck cabin, where Enos Williams died in Mount Horeb. Onlookers are standing nearby.
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Burned Automobile Interior

Date: 06 08 1931
Description: Burned out automobile interior, with people looking on, where Enos Williams died.
Photograph

Fire Fighters

Date: 05 21 1931
Description: Group portrait of five fire fighters after their rescue from the blazing roof of the building that was burned in the fire. From left to right, they are E.A...
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The Conklin Fire

Date: 1915
Description: Fire fighters standing amid smoking timbers aim their hoses to douse the flames.
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Fire Fighter's Diploma

Date: 1869
Description: Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,...
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Surveying Capitol Fire Damage

Date: 02 27 1904
Description: Damage caused to the East Wing of the third Wisconsin State Capitol by the fire of February 26-27, 1904. In the foreground is a duplicate of the "Centennia...
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Lodi School Students Posed by Age

Date: 1877
Description: Lodi School was a three-story brick Romanesque building with a small cupola, built in 1868. It burned on March 28, 1878. It was rebuilt by December 1878, b...
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Fueling Fish Boil Fire

Date: 1967
Description: A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on.
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Ruins of Sturgeon Bay High School

Date: 03 05 1908
Description: The Sturgeon Bay High School after the fire the destroyed the building on March 5, 1908. Handwriting on front reads: "S.B. H.S. After Fire Mar. 5, 08 — A.S...
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Fire Damaged Car

Date: 03 14 1945
Description: In the recently completed paint department of Royal Body Co., 9-13 N. Brooks Street, a worker is preparing a sedan, the body and fenders of which are going...
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Freedom House Burning

Date: 1967
Description: Freedom House in flames after Milwaukee Police fired tear gas into the building. Two armed officers stand in front of the burning building. Both officers h...

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