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Fire Fighters Rescuing Victims

Date: 1910
Description: Slightly elevated view of fire fighters on the side of a building and standing on the ground lifting people out of a building.
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Fire Fighter's Diploma

Date: 1869
Description: Diploma awarded to fire fighter James Richard Cummings for his service to Madison in 1869. The diploma is illustrated with scenes of fire fighting heroics,...
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Brownie Day Camp

Date: 07 22 1952
Description: Director Dorothy Torranee looks on as nurse Marion Natvig puts a sling on camper JaNelle Rolfsmeyer during first aid class at Brownie Hoyt Park Day Camp.
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Man Being Carried on Stretcher

Date: 06 1962
Description: Vietnamese man and survivor of a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi is carried on a stretcher to a helicopter for medical evacuation. Three women...
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Waiting with Stretchers for Helilift

Date: 06 1962
Description: Survivors of a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi wait on or with stretchers for a helicopter medical evacuation in a grassy field.
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Helilift Medical Evacuation

Date: 06 1962
Description: Civilians injured during a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi load into a helicopter for medical evacuation. Soldiers assist with the loading.
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Helilift of Survivors

Date: 06 1962
Description: Survivors of a Viet Cong attack on the village of Vinh Quoi load onto a helicopter for medical evacuation. In the foreground a soldier carrying a rifle wal...
Map or Atlas

State of Wisconsin

Date: 1912
Description: This map from the U.S. General Land Office shows railroads, counties, cities and villages, rivers, lakes, U.S. Land Offices, Indian reservations, military ...
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Police Rescue Boat on Lake Wingra

Date: 06 05 1957
Description: New Madison police rescue boat, in operation on Lake Wingra, is shown in its boat lift at Knickerbocker Street boat livery. Sgt. Robert Ferris (left) and P...
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Sgt. Glen Meunier Wounded

Date: 06 15 1965
Description: U.S. paratrooper Sgt. Glen Meunier of Port Charlotte, Florida, laying on the ground next to a building after being shot through his right thigh by a rebel ...
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Paramedics Responding to Call

Date: 12 1992
Description: Jody Kurilla and Paul Elvord, both paramedics with the City of Madison Fire Department, responding to a call at 1221 Williamson Street.
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Fire Fighters Loading Stretcher into Ambulance

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Two fire fighters are loading a man in a stretcher into an ambulance near the side of a brick building. A man on the right, wearing a coat and hat, is look...
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Fire Fighters Carrying Stretcher into Home

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: Two fire fighters are carrying a stretcher from an ambulance into a home. A man wearing a coat, suit and hat is standing in the open door.
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Belgian Refugees in Bergen op Zoom

Date: 1914
Description: A refugee who had collapsed from exhaustion is being carried away by Dutch soldiers. Bergen op Zoom, the first large city on the Dutch side of the border, ...
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Fire Department

Date: 03 23 1929
Description: View towards a group of people loading a person onto a stretcher. An ambulance is parked nearby.
Print

Cleveland Police...Motorized

Date: 1939
Description: Advertising proof. Illustration of two police officers in an International truck, with a sign painted on the side that reads: "Emergency Mobile Patrol, Cit...

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