Date: | 1904 |
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Description: | Aftermath of the Wisconsin State Capitol fire of February 26-27. This image provides the best of only a few known photographs of the ornamentation of the w... |
Date: | 1905 |
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Description: | Afermath of the fire of June 4, 1905. A chimney and some burnt out walls still stand. The area around the ruins is fenced off. The top of the building t... |
Date: | 04 1971 |
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Description: | Poster featuring a skeleton on horseback, carrying a banner that reads, "Apocalypse". A skyline of Madison appears beneath, on fire, with the phrase "Heral... |
Date: | 04 23 1971 |
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Description: | Poster promoting the "Survival Revival Women's Conference." The poster features an American flag patterned castle in flames with a parade of women marching... |
Date: | 1920 |
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Description: | An oil tank burns in Tulsa, a city that had earned the title "Oil Capital of the World" and whose population grew to 72,000 by 1920. The Texas Company was ... |
Date: | 09 2001 |
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Description: | Debris from the collapse of the Twin Towers in the churchyard at St. Paul's Church near the World Trader Center, a few days after 9/11. |
Date: | 09 2001 |
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Description: | Former President Bill Clinton, in the hard hat on the right, with Wisconsin Congressman David Obey (left) and Florida Congressman Bill Young, the Republica... |
Date: | 09 2001 |
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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 ... |
Date: | 05 17 1980 |
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Description: | Poster in support of the People's War in Peru, which began in 1980. The war was instigated by a Maoist political group within Peru known as the Shining Pat... |
Date: | 12 31 1990 |
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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. |
Date: | 12 31 1990 |
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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. |
Date: | 03 29 1951 |
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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... |
Date: | 11 11 1918 |
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Description: | Crowd of men and young boys gathered around a smoldering pile of ash and scraps in the Galesville Town Square. The burned items were most likely German boo... |
Date: | 01 28 1918 |
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Description: | Streams of water from fire hoses are trained into the upper windows of a storefront which is encased in thick ice. A written description of this photograph... |
Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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Description: | Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr... |
Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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Description: | A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com... |
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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: | 06 16 1940 |
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Description: | A crowd of people view the aftermath of a fire that destroyed the four story brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire companies attem... |
Date: | 06 1940 |
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Description: | Crowds stand in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior. Automobiles are parked at the curb and more people are walking... |
Date: | 06 18 1940 |
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Description: | A crowd of people are standing in the street watching as a fire burns in the four story, brick Hotel Superior and a dozen stores and offices. Nine fire com... |
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