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Photograph

Chapman Home Exterior from Southeast after Fire

Date: 12 29 1932
Description: View from hill looking down at the Chandler B. and Frances Chapman home exterior from the southeast after the fire. There is a man near the porch entrance.
Print

Grass Fire

Date: 1942
Description: Drawing of a man standing in a field and holding a damper or rake with smoke billowing from the grass.
Photograph

Fire Destruction at Taliesin

Date: 1914
Description: Postcard photograph of the remains of the living room at Taliesin after the fire destroyed most of the living quarters. The living room fireplace, and a po...
Poster

Timber Is Vital to War Effort! - Prevent Forest Fires!

Date: 1943
Description: Department of Agriculture Design No. 1, "Forest Fire." The poster features a forest fire blazing around a lone country house, with smoke billowing into the...
Photograph

Damaged Building, Vinh Quoi

Date: 06 1962
Description: Building damaged by Viet Cong in Vinh Quoi, Vietnam. The pink building seems to have lost its roof and there is debris strewn about the yard. There are men...
Photograph

Aftermath of Fire

Date: 01 05 1958
Description: View of the badly damaged house at left, and a pile of rubble at right where the home of William and Gladys McGrath once stood. Both McGraths were killed i...
Photograph

Children Burning Hanging Effigy

Date: 1975
Description: Caption on the reverse reads: "Kids in S. Boston housing project burn the effigy of a black man." The mock-lynching was staged by a group of students in th...

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