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| Date: | 11 25 1871 |
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| Description: | Engraved view of Peshtigo Fire showing people trying to escape the flames by boat and on horseback. A team of cattle also seek refuge and several birds tak... |
| 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: | 07 20 1934 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men are standing near a damaged section of the mill. Sixteen men were killed by the explo... |
| Date: | 1956 |
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| Description: | Cartoon from an International Harvester operator's manual. The cartoon appears under the heading: "Preparing the Tractor". The cartoon depicts an elderly m... |
| Date: | 1961 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters battle a controlled fire during training with an International Harvester Scout 80 4x4 mounted with a fire apparatus. |
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| Description: | A group of fire fighters standing in the street while two men are being raised on a moving ladder, which is attached to the back of a truck. Two other ladd... |
| Date: | 02 04 1951 |
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| 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... |
| Date: | 1957 |
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| Description: | Men and fire fighters are gathered around burning building attempting to extinguish flames with an International Model V-196 1957 fire truck. The truck is ... |
| Date: | 04 26 1958 |
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| Description: | Two firemen hold a ladder while going up a ladder to fight a fire that destroyed the interior of the Graham Johnson residence at 22 Burrows Road in Maple B... |
| Date: | 05 02 1910 |
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| Description: | The postcard shows billowing smoke from the Hurley, Wisconsin Windsor mine shaft. Two men who were in the mine at the time lost their lives. A group of boy... |
| Date: | 09 26 1908 |
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| Description: | Grant School in the aftermath of Fond du Lac's biggest fire — September 26, 1908. Caption reads: "Grant School." |
| Date: | 05 03 1957 |
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| Description: | A fire chief is surveying the damage from a kitchen fire at 906 East Mifflin Street in Madison, while the fire fighters are sweeping up with brooms. |
| Date: | 01 06 1958 |
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| Description: | Explosion and fire in the 200 block of North Bassett Street caused the deaths of William and Gladys McGrath and destruction of five buildings. Firemen are ... |
| Date: | 08 1925 |
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| Description: | Donald Holt and another man are standing by the truck which caught fire while moving items to Island Lodge. The initials "FWD" are on the grill of the truc... |
| Date: | 08 01 1907 |
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| Description: | Text on front reads: "South View, St. John's Institute for Deaf Mutes, St. Francis, Wis. Aug. 1, 1907." A partially burned stone and brick building with pe... |
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