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Railroad Damage at the Peshtigo Fire

Date: 1871
Description: Fire destruction near railroad tracks after Peshtigo fire. There are wheel carriages from destroyed boxcars on and near the tracks.
Map or Atlas

Map of Peshtigo Fire

Date: 
Description: Map of the district of the Peshtigo fire, approximately 1,280,000 acres, in Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
Photograph

Alma Milling Company Fire

Date: 04 06 1899
Description: Street view showing Alma Milling Co. building on fire. Photograph was taken from Gerhard Gesell's studio balcony.
Photograph

Aerial Photograph of Brush Fires

Date: 04 21 1948
Description: Aerial photograph of two brush fires on the north side of Lake Mendota. Taken over the west side of Madison looking northwest across Lake Mendota.
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building...
Photograph

Bascom Hall

Date: 10 10 1916
Description: View from distance of Bascom Hall (formerly Main Hall) dome burning on the University of Wisconsin-Madison campus. Smoke is billowing out from the building...
Map or Atlas

Peshtigo Fire Map

Date: 1999
Description: Map depicting the burned over area created by the fire on October 8, 1871. Map includes inset of Wisconsin and surrounding states with detail of area impac...
Photograph

Peshtigo Fire Cemetery Official Marker

Date: 03 29 1951
Description: Indoor group portrait of men posed with the Wisconsin Official Marker. From left to right on either side of the marker are: Clifford Lord, Secretary of Sit...
Photograph

Aftermath of a Fire

Date: 1895
Description: Elevated view of the aftermath of a fire, with several buildings surrounding the cleared area. Identified as Fairchild in Eau Claire County and the remains...
Photograph

Remains of Droster Brothers General Store

Date: 11 1918
Description: Members of the Droster Family stand among the remains of the Droster Brothers General Store after it burned down in November. It was located across the str...
Postcard

Fountain City Fire; July 22, 1906

Date: 07 22 1906
Description: View down sidewalk and street towards the Fountain City fire of July 22, 1906. Smoke is billowing from a downtown building. Several onlookers are watching ...

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