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Burned-Out Diamond Gas Station

Date: 02 22 1942
Description: Burned-out Beran's D-X Diamond Mid-Continent Service Station, 118 King Street, at the corner of South Webster, including Kellogg's Cereal and Schlitz Beer ...
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CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) upstairs office, Raiffeisen House 142 E. Gilman Street, after fire.
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CUNA Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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Cuna Office after Fire

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: Roy F. Bergengren's CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office after fire, 142 East Gilman Street.
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CUNA Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: CUNA (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 East Gilman Street.
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C.U.N.A. Office Staff in Hallway

Date: 03 15 1938
Description: C.U.N.A. (Credit Union National Association) office staff working in hallway after fire, Raiffeisen House, 142 E. Gilman Street.
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Building Fire

Date: 01 13 1929
Description: Flames light up the night as fire fighters hose down the Jeffery Brothers Automobile Preparing and Storage building at 621 University Avenue in an attempt ...
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Elevated View of Fire in City

Date: 10 17 1944
Description: Elevated view across rooftops towards smoke rising from a burning building in the city. The building on the left has a billboard supporting the Packers. A ...
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Burning Building

Date: 10 17 1944
Description: Elevated view from a distance of a fire. A large cloud of smoke is billowing out of the burning building and fire fighters are climbing on a ladder. A buil...
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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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Korean Student Uprising

Date: 04 1960
Description: The student uprising, in which 112 students were killed by the South Korean police in one day, led to the downfall of President Syngman Rhee. This event wa...
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Bank Burning Money, Tezpur, Assam

Date: 1962
Description: Bank burning money in Tezpur, Assam during the Sino-Indian Border Conflict. The large pile of paper is steadily burning and a group of men are watching fro...
Print

Chris. Schroeder & Sons Letterhead

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Description: Letterhead of Christian Schroeder & Sons, a real estate, loan, and insurance agent in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, with a three-quarter view of a residence, two m...
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Ruins of Rome

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Description: View from street of the Farmers and Merchants Bank after a fire. All that's left standing is its neo-classical marble facade with columns framing a doorway...
Drawing

Milwaukee Bank Riot

Date: 1897
Description: Drawing depicting the Milwaukee Bank Riot of June 24, 1861. A large crowd is gathered outside the State Bank and Mitchell's Bank. A fire burns in the stree...
Poster

Remember Belgium. Buy Bonds. Fourth Liberty Loan

Date: 1918
Description: United States government bonds poster in the Fourth Liberty Loan "B" series. Depicts in silhouette a German soldier running and dragging a girl against a b...
Photograph

The Hotel Washington Fire

Date: 02 18 1996
Description: A view from Bedford Street of the smouldering ruins of the Hotel Washington. A pedestrian crosses the street in front of a parked firetruck. Water being us...
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Bank Burning Money, Tezpur, Assam

Date: 1962
Description: Bank burning money in Tezpur, Assam during the Sino-Indian Border Conflict. The large pile of paper is steadily burning and a group of men watch from behin...
Poster

Tsingtau Orchestra

Date: 1918
Description: Poster featuring an illustration of a house burning in the background and a silhouette of a person with two children at their side in the foreground. Text ...

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