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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey (right) touring the World Trade Center Ground Zero site a few days after the 9/11 attack. Obey was there as the senior ...
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Obey at Ground Zero

Date: 09 2001
Description: Florida Congressman Bill Young (left) and Wisconsin Congressman David R. Obey at the intersection of Vesey Street and the West Side Highway, ground zero fo...
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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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Moving Out

Date: 12 26 1967
Description: Typed note on the back: SGP...UNIPIX North of Hue, South Vietnam: A Vietnamese woman carries her possessions as her home burns behind her. The South Vietn...
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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: 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...
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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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Burned House, Rear View

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Description: Rear view of the charred remains of a house that has been burned. Undamaged homes are in the background.
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Burned House, Front View

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Description: Front view of the charred remains of a house that has been burned. Undamaged homes are visible in the background.
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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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Fire Damage at Robert Hall Store

Date: 01 17 1959
Description: View of the front of a fire-damaged commercial building at 3205 East Washington Avenue with two fire fighters, two hoses, and a ladder nearby. The signage ...
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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...
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Sawmill Fire

Date: 1894
Description: A crowd gathers and watches the sawmill on fire.
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Wehrmann's Travel Shop Fire

Date: 01 31 1960
Description: View of Wehrmann's Travel Shop storefront at 508 State Street with a fire truck parked outside. The shop was destroyed by fire late Sunday night. The Unive...
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Madison House Fire

Date: 04 25 1960
Description: A crowd of onlookers is standing in front of a house at 2120 Waunona Way that was engulfed in fire. The incident was caused by a lightning strike of adjace...
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Water Avenue Fire

Date: 12 31 1990
Description: Firefighters battle a fire that engulfed Kruk's Drug Store and Hansen's Department Store. The pharmacy was to change ownership the next day.
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Water Avenue Fire

Date: 12 31 1990
Description: Firefighters battle a fire that engulfed Kruk's Drug Store and Hansen's Department Store. The pharmacy was to change ownership the next day.

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