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| Date: | 1900 |
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| Description: | A steam fire engine of Milwaukee's Fire Company #2 drawn by three white horses racing to a fire. Prior motor driven fire equipment was a greater danger tha... |
| Date: | 05 21 1931 |
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| Description: | Group portrait of five fire fighters after their rescue from the blazing roof of the building that was burned in the fire. From left to right, they are E.A... |
| Date: | 1868 |
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| Description: | The first ladder wagon of Capitol Hook and Ladder Company #1 posed at the corner of Pinckney and Main streets to show off the length of the wagon and the 4... |
| Date: | 1895 |
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| Description: | A ladder wagon of the Madison Fire Department races around corner of North Pinckney and East Main streets. |
| Date: | 10 08 1923 |
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| Description: | Two fire fighters are sitting in an International Model S 1924 fire truck on a street. Another man is standing on the back of the truck. On the side of the... |
| Date: | 08 28 1948 |
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| Description: | Fire fighters applying water to the burning Fitzgibbons building downtown. |
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| Description: | Fire fighters on the street aiming fire hoses at a fire in a collapsing building. Smoke envelopes most of the fire and rubble. The wall of the building has... |
| Date: | 1931 |
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| Description: | Groups of fire fighters work to put out a fire in winter. Smoke is billowing out the windows and covering the facade. A building on the far left has a sign... |
| Date: | 1890 |
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| Description: | Horse-drawn fire wagon in front of several brick buildings, including the Capitol Publishing building, near the water tower. The man driving the wagon may... |
| Date: | 02 04 1948 |
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| Description: | International Model KB-10 1948 truck belonging to St. Louis Fire Department at the scene of a fire. Original caption reads: 'KBR-10 149" wheelbase, double ... |
| Date: | 08 1982 |
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| Description: | "Theresa Firemen's Picnic Parade." |
| Date: | 07 30 2011 |
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| Description: | Firefighters respond to a fire at the Democratic Party Office at 118 Fifth Avenue. Viewed from Fourth Street intersection. |
| Date: | 11 1991 |
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| Description: | "With windchill factors below zero, firemen battled this fire at Das Pioneer Bier haus, operated by Mike Polster. Former proprietors were John Miller, Henr... |
| Date: | 01 17 1959 |
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| Description: | View of the front of a fire-damaged commercial building at 3205 East Washington Avenue with two fire fighters, two hoses, and a ladder nearby. The signage ... |
| Date: | 08 2013 |
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| Description: | La Crosse Fire Chief Greg Cleveland, standing along 2nd Street, at the Oktoberfest Parade. He is wearing his dress uniform and sunglasses. On the sidewalk,... |
| Date: | 10 26 1962 |
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| Description: | Deputy chief Ralph McGraw viewing a paint booth that was destroyed by a fire at the Clack Soft Water Service plant. |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | Smoke billowing from windows on the State Street (left) and Carroll Street (right) sides of the Wisconsin Building. Fire fighters on ladders are working fr... |
| Date: | 01 13 1914 |
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| Description: | A policeman, center, keeping an eye on bystanders as firemen on ladders fight a fire at the Wisconsin Building on State Street. The building housed the Com... |
| Date: | 1930 |
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| Description: | A fireman is climbing a tall ladder supported on the rear wall of a two-story brick building. There are other firemen on the ground and two men observing. ... |
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