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Description: | Elevated view of a completely burned building in downtown Horicon at the river. A cigar store is next door, and men are gathered on the bridge. |
Date: | 09 07 1926 |
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Description: | In the foreground is a fire, presumably with stumps that were pulled by the man in the background driving a tractor. |
Date: | 07 22 1927 |
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Description: | A man is using a tractor to pull down a tree. There is smoke along the ground from a fire. |
Date: | 06 09 1936 |
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Description: | Smoke is rising from piles of burning brush and stumps along a country road. Two men are walking near another pile of brush in the foreground on the right.... |
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Description: | One man, wearing a hard hat, is kneeling in the dirt in the foreground, while another man wearing a cap is resting one foot on a Minneapolis-Moline disk pl... |
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Description: | A man (Mr. Carlsen) is standing next to his daughter (Lisa). He is bending over and pointing to a small green plant growing out of the scorched ground afte... |
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Description: | A father (Mr. Carlsen) and his daughter (Lisa) are kneeling on the scorched ground next to a burned tree trunk. They are touching and looking at a small gr... |
Date: | 1615 |
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Description: | Illustration of the Huron Indians and French explorers attacking an Iroquois fort near present day Fenner, New York. A wooden platform was constructed to f... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Elevated view of the damage from the fire. Burned logs are in the foreground, and pieces of burned and broken machinery is among the broken foundation. Men... |
Date: | 1909 |
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Description: | Group portrait of men posing in front of a tent set up outdoors as temporary headquarters for Findorff after a fire. Caption reads: "After the destruction ... |
Date: | 06 01 1909 |
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Description: | Findorff staff carrying on the business in the tent after the fire. |
Date: | 05 13 1909 |
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Description: | View across field towards buildings smoking after the fire. Men are standing on and around stacks of lumber. Caption reads: "The Morning After the Fire." |
Date: | 1914 |
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Description: | Twelve photographs and one letterhead are mounted on a board with captions. The photographs cover the time before and after a fire in 1909 when the company... |
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Description: | The Russians destroyed the fire fighting apparatus so that the residents could not put out the flames. |
Date: | 10 1955 |
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Description: | Participants with lit candles in a mortgage-burning ceremony at Trousdal Methodist Church located at 1125 Vilas Avenue, include Rev. R.D. Robinson (pastor ... |
Date: | 05 03 1957 |
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Description: | Bjarne Bendixson on his hands and knees, leaning over his dog, Sandy, wrapped in a blanket. They were saved by their housekeeper when fire flashed through ... |
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: | 1908 |
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Description: | Wearing gloves, I.P. Rumsey is holding a stick and tending a smoking fire outdoors in a clearing on the Island. Archibald Lake is in the background. |
Date: | 1908 |
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Description: | Looking at the camera, Albert Rhode, possibly a lumberjack, is standing and holding a big, heavy log. He is wearing a long sleeved shirt, pants, and a hat.... |
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