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| Date: | 1871 |
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| 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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| 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... |
| Date: | 08 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Four children are looking at the ruins of the Royal Airport hangar after a fire. |
| Date: | 08 16 1932 |
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| Description: | People looking at the ruins of the Royal Airport hangar and office after a fire. Viewed from the southwest. |
| Date: | 08 16 1932 |
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| Description: | Ruins of the Royal Airport hangar after a fire. Viewed from the road. |
| Date: | 1871 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of men and ships near the McCormick Works and the Chicago River during the Chicago Fire of 1871. The original caption reads: "Reproduction o... |
| Date: | 06 17 1915 |
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| Description: | Several men try to extinquish a fire in an ice house, which is known as the Conklin Fire. |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a fire damaged beer delivery truck with "Got It? Get It!" painted on its doors. An exploding oil furnace destroyed the interior of the Madison... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the bleacher exploded as the nigh... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Men and women are standing near the damaged railroad tracks. Sixteen men were killed by t... |
| 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: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | The George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. A man is standing to the left of a large damaged metal section of the mill which is resti... |
| Date: | 08 24 1888 |
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| Description: | Slightly elevated view of the George A. Whiting Paper Mill after a fire on August 24, 1888. Sixteen men were killed by the explosion of a bleacher; the ble... |
| Date: | 1912 |
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| Description: | Building on fire, probably the McGillavray Sash and Door Company in the summer of 1912. The fire probably started from sparks from a steam engine used to f... |
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| Description: | View across water towards fire fighters in a boat on the river putting out a fire in a large building. Water sprays from fire hoses from two directions, wi... |
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| Description: | Fire at the elevator of the Atlas Flour Mill. Two men are working a water hose tower in the center, and fire fighters are aiming jets of water at the buil... |
| Date: | 04 12 1926 |
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| Description: | Two men sitting in an International fire truck marked "Ogdensburg, N.Y." They are parked in front of what appears to be a fire station. |
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| Description: | An oil tank burns in an oil field, probably in Titusville, Pennsylvania, where the first oil well was constructed in 1859. In total, 35,000 barrels burned... |
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| Description: | Men and fire fighters are gathered around burning building attempting to extinguish flames with an International fire truck. The truck is labeled "Engine N... |
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