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| Description: | Townspeople fleeing the Great Peshtigo Fire of 1871. |
| Date: | 12 18 1955 |
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| Description: | Rear view of a fire damaged beer delivery truck with "Got It? Get It!" painted on its doors. An exploding oil furnace destroyed the interior of the Madison... |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | Outdoor view of two pots used for a fish boil. One pot is engulfed in flames and children are running from the area. |
| Date: | 1967 |
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| Description: | A man fueling a fire for a fish boil, as people look on. |
| Date: | 10 13 1911 |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a mill during a flood, with a man standing on the left between a bridge and the mill. A house is on the side of a tree-covered hill on the... |
| Date: | 06 22 1919 |
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| Description: | Panoramic view of Fergus Falls after a cyclone ravaged it. Grand Hotel (middle), and Catholic Church (right), have been labeled. Red River Milling Company ... |
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| Description: | Fire at the elevator of the Atlas Flour Mill. Two men are working a water hose tower in the center, and fire fighters are aiming jets of water at the buil... |
| Date: | 11 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Valera Widener and her children: Norma (on her lap), Franklin (left), and Lyall (right), in Baron Brothers Department Store drinking milk provided by the E... |
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| Description: | Elevated view of a flood scene looking up Main Street showing Kellog-Hubbard Library, the stone building which opened in 1895, and churches. Men and women ... |
| Date: | 07 1926 |
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| Description: | A man holding a cork between his teeth is pouring a dose of medicine into a spoon from an unmarked bottle. The photograph was staged at International Harve... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | Coats with matches in the pockets are hanging on nails inside a barn on International Harvester's Hinsdale experimental farm, demonstrating a farm hazard. ... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is standing on a wooden barrel which is resting on a wooden box on concrete entrance steps near a door. He is using a hammer to fix a window frame. T... |
| Date: | 06 1927 |
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| Description: | A man is using a funnel to siphon gasoline from a tank into a pail while smoking a pipe. The photograph was staged on the K. Legge Memorial Farm to demonst... |
| Date: | 1910 |
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| Description: | View along shoreline of man examining a rowboat while crouching in the water wearing boots. Behind him is a ferry. There are several men on the shore watch... |
| Date: | 02 1995 |
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| Description: | Publicity photograph of the three band members of Killdozer, a Madison, Wisconsin rock band. From left to right are Bill Hobson, Michael Gerald (holding ci... |
| Date: | 1914 |
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| Description: | Three-quarter view of the front and side of Sorgs Creamery, a rectangular brick building with a collapsing awning. A wagon with and umbrella and barrels pu... |
| Date: | 1911 |
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| Description: | Photographic postcard view of a street scene. Groups of people are gathered along the sidewalks near storefronts. A building on the left has a painted sign... |
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| Description: | An upside down Bancroft delivery truck. A man is standing just behind the front tires. On the right, a "Dane County Police Traffic" car can be seen behind ... |
| Date: | 2012 |
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| Description: | Gundersen Tri-State ambulance and fire truck personnel rescue a man who may have had a seizure at the Bimbo Bakery. The vehicles are parked in the street, ... |
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