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Destruction at Taliesin After Fire

Date: 1914
Description: Remains of the living quarters of Taliesin as seen from the courtyard after a fire destroyed most of the building. Several people are standing in the court...
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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...
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Group near Brush Pile and Fence

Date: 
Description: View from field of several individuals around a large pile of brush under spits near a rough short fence and lodge. Possibly a feast fire at a powwow.
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Crowd Examining Wreckage

Date: 1923
Description: Overhead view of a crowd, consisting of men, women, and children standing among what appears to be charred ruins. Smoke is rising in the background.
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Fire on Schwertz Farm

Date: 04 30 1997
Description: "At the fire on the opposite page [Page 26], this 3/4 full, 500 gallon propane tank exploded and was propelled 1/2 mile to this location on the Jim & Donna...
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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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Freedom House Ruins

Date: 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand near a fireplace and other rubble of a burned Freedom House used by civil rights workers. The house was "burned down in the middle ...
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Freedom House Ruins

Date: 1965
Description: A man and a woman stand near a fireplace and other rubble of a burned Freedom House used by civil rights workers. The house was "burned down in the middle ...
Historical Object

Wisconsin Thematic Panel 633-639

Date: 
Description: Rooms remembered for what they led to
What they shut out and how they silent sang
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McGillivray Factory Fire

Date: 07 1912
Description: Elevated view of the fire at the McGillivray factory. Onlookers are standing in the road in the foreground.
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Edgewood Villa Fire

Date: 1893
Description: Group of people standing near two buildings which burned in 1893. In the center background is Edgewood Villa, a home purchased by Governor C.C. (Cadwallade...
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After the Fire

Date: 1899
Description: Elevated view of two barefoot children who are near a charred wooden sidewalk, lower left, that marks the course of Nebraska (now West Montello) Street tow...

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