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Photograph

Bank Building Fire

Date: 11 19 1950
Description: Fire damage in the basement of the Capital City Bank building, 111 King Street. A man wearing boots surveys the rubble.
Drawing

Milwaukee Bank Riot

Date: 1897
Description: Drawing depicting the Milwaukee Bank Riot of June 24, 1861. A large crowd is gathered outside the State Bank and Mitchell's Bank. A fire burns in the stree...
Photograph

Water Pipe Break at Main Street and Monona Avenue

Date: 10 29 1957
Description: Two workmen in coveralls are laying hose to pump water from a flooded pit where the Pioneer Building was demolished at Main Street and Monona Avenue. On th...

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